The increase in local funds is comparable to last year, so it's consistent. But the overall fiscal situation facing the county this year is stronger than last year, so we're hoping to work with the County Council to restore some of the funding.

We're still in the process of evaluating overall whether this system is going to work for us and if we can roll it out to the rest of the (schools). It's unclear what we'll do until we find out if we can work these kinks out.