How to pronounce "1600"

I was like, "You need to go to a hospital,

the school nurse, something."

He's like, "No, Miss, I'm not going.

I need to be in class because I need to graduate."

So he knew that I was not going to let him be a victim

of his circumstance,

but we were going to push forward and keep moving on.

And this idea of creating a safe haven for our kids

and getting to know exactly what they're going through,

getting to know their families -- I wanted that,

but I couldn't do it in a school with 1,600 kids,

and teachers turning over year after year after year.

How do you get to build those relationships?

So we created a new school.

And we created

the San Fernando Institute for Applied Media.

And we made sure that we were still attached

to our school district for funding, for support.

But with that, we were going to gain freedom:

freedom to hire the teachers

that we knew were going to be effective;