“We believe in starting things big and ending things big!” Clark said by phone. “Our school is academically a beast, so we surround the students with love, passion and energy to help them get through.”

It’s no secret that the school was built to educate students in an environment where conventional practices were thrown out the window. Clark came to Atlanta after a whirlwind of media exposure -- from being named a Disney American Teacher and writing a book on his teaching methods that was backed by Oprah Winfrey -- to build his dream school, where educators did whatever was necessary to reach their students.