We've got a little more than a week to get better, because the area tournament is going to be a war.

Russell County is a good team, and so are we. Both teams came out and played a rough game with a lot of loose balls and a lot of girls going after them.

We laugh a lot. I joke around with them. It eases the tension.

It's a loose atmosphere. They set the tone. My teaching style [in this program] is more personal and less structured.

They lack coping skills. They may have emotional baggage, be on probation, or have attendance issues.

It was started because we needed to service kids who were having trouble making it in a regular classroom.