This has been completely a team effort from the entire staff, students and parents. We've wanted to make this a positive and fun week for everyone.

The goal of this entire effort has been to use students and parents as a revenue raiser.

The teachers at Lake Powell Academy, as well as the parents and students, put a lot of effort into improving the programs, so that result is not surprising. Achievement was not an issue in our closing; it was strictly financial.

We hate that this caused any alarm to parents, students and the community. This was not an emergency crisis situation. It was simply a drill.

It's the effort you put forward and how creative you are. I've had several students with a 3.3 and a 21 ACT who didn't qualify for an academic scholarship but put forward the effort and got $5,000.

There was an overall great effort by everyone. We followed through with our clutch hits, and we just played a solid ball game.