It would be very complicated and very difficult. None of us have written an ad for a new superintendent. None of us have decided which publication to put ads in. And by doing it through a firm, it gives the applicants some sense of confidentiality.

The board's priority should be teachers. We have accumulated needs in the district that aren't acceptable.

We really need to get it right.

Some of us had to give and take a little more than others, but things have a way of working out. Some of us are contributing a little more than others, but we've been doing that in the past, as well. We just wanted to get this done for the sake of the league.

It was unbelievable, ... but I knew it was helping us.

He likes us to figure it out on our own.