These three districts have been involved with that from the start. This long-standing relationship is testimony of our ability to work together.

We have created well over 100 units of instruction and posted them on the BMW web site. They are available to anybody who wants to use it. You do not have to go and reinvent the wheel.

Any time you do a consortium, you have a better opportunity. You improve instruction in the classroom when you have multiple districts.

It's a great experience for them.

We give up the ability to say we are New York Stock Exchange members, which we had been able to do for 213 years and that's difficult. It's been part of our identities for many years.

Why would you want her to say that she didn't have a relationship with you?