for me, when i did go to school or when i was playing little league sports, being around kids and being around people that had fun and kind of speak the same language as you, it allows you to kind of escape away from the drugs and the violence and the gunshots and things that go on, you know, on an everyday basis and that's what we're here for right now. that's why i'm opening this school to be able to get these kids' mind away from and their body away from -- we even, you know, made the hours of being in school longer, from 8:00 to 5:00. >> we said that's a long time. >> yeah. we want them here. and you know, so we can let them know not only do we want you here but we really do care. we really do care about what happens with you. >> people say, he's an athlete, right? athletics are big. but this is a s.t.e.m. school. it's science, mathematics, reading. >> all that. reading, math, social studies all the way down to gym class to music, arts, all -- everything. >> it's wholistic.