We all remember the tortoise and the hare. The tortoise won the race, but the hare didn't keep the same schedule.

If they're eligible now, they can retire now. If they're eligible to retire in '07, they can commit now and still be part of this program.

Another very significant program that was enabled by the school building changes was the fifth grade band program. All students at Norrie and at All Saints Academy take band, they have to try an instrument.

If he does it again, he won't be subbing here anymore.

It's none of our damn business.

We have all the teachers of each grade in the same building and usually on the same floor. It just makes for a more collaborative environment.

The goal here is that we're going to get out of deficit, as the law requires. This has the support staff doing their part.

One of the things I heard when I got here was that we educate our children so well that they go someplace else to be successful. That's a challenge our whole community has to work on, to have them be successful back here.

The $25,000 is about what we save the first year.