It isn't easy to find folks who can give up an hour in the morning and an hour in the middle of the day.

[Schools Superintendent Richard Kaplan said that help was on the way.] We are working with the Police Department in terms of the changes in the routes and getting a handle on the amount of crossing guards we have and what additional shifting needs to be done, ... We're also looking at the cost of adding additional crossing guards at school expense.

It's not a ripe case for a judicial determination because there's no law on the books and it hasn't affected any particular individual yet.

They are different programs, but they are still dealing with preschool youngsters, ... They are familiar with nap times, snack times and programs that you offer 3- and 4-year-olds.

We become a larger city, and we have already done a lot of work to try to make the transition as smooth as possible.

This is a safety and health issue that we all understand, ... The dollars are not the issue now.

We're giving it to any government agency that needs it. We just want to help people.

We're standing out there for four days, and we're observing some runs that never came and some that were 20 to 50 minutes late, ... That is clearly unacceptable.

We have very little tolerance on this, ... While they're doing what they need to do, we are doing what we need to do. We're not resting until this is resolved with or without First Student.