Our schools will be open on Friday, hopefully with our teachers.

I get the sense when I go out to the schools [that] the teachers will tell you how they feel. And the sense that I have about the teachers' feelings is they don't feel truly appreciated with what they are doing in the classroom.

We will work with the teachers at other schools. No teacher will be affected, and we will have more to offer for the kids.

My personal bias is to let districts and schools and teachers make the adjustments and not to try to look at a system-wide adjustment,

We think this is a win-win situation both for Arkansas schools in need of teachers and for displaced educators in need of a job until they are able to return to their homes.

It's a wonderful thing serving our district. We are truly blessed at Milan schools because we have the best teachers, faculty and staff in the world. They are truly dedicated to providing the best education possible to our kids, and overall it's an honor to serve this district. It really is.