Terminating those teachers benefited no one, certainly not the students. Maybe it benefited someone's ego.

As we've seen, no students have been harmed. In my 10 years doing this, I've never seen anything like this.

I'm not angry (about the paralysis), because no one did this to me. Maybe I'd feel differently if I'd been in a car that was rammed by a drunk driver. But it happened while I was doing something I loved.

There certainly has been the emphasis -- and has to be the emphasis -- on getting back on track. However, there's no doubt that, in this job, you're evaluated by wins and losses.

In retrospect, it was a mistake. If I had it to do all over again, we certainly wouldn't have (not protected Shelton). As we are now seeing it, the power is obviously there with him.

It's very difficult for students to learn with substitute teachers.