Nobody ever dreamed we would grow into that $2 cap.

The reasons for non-renewal of contracts are clearly stated in the policy.

These are areas that we have to recruit harder and act faster. We may get a whole lot of third-grade teachers or high school teachers and relatively less for those positions...There just aren't a lot out there.

This is required by law. Under the current teacher requirement rules, if you're retired, you're retired. If you come back, you lose your benefits. If you're in an area deemed in a shortage, you can come back to the classroom without losing your retirement benefits.

We had intended to have a bond in 2005, but we waited until now. If we wait until November, we have schools that need to be ready for 2008. This gets us six months further down the road to opening those schools.

This restraining order is telling us not to do things we don't do anyway, A memo recently distributed to parents prohibited students from including religious symbols on holiday gifts and cards, including ones related to St. Valentine's Day.