This is a new program and I think it is one that is needed in the county to train our young people.

Part of the rationale for that is not that we're growing in population, but that we have one school [North Elementary] that we haven't made any major renovations to in years. We have 12 trailers sitting at that school. It's just not an efficient facility.

We've got some time and we have to use that time and our resources wisely.

We anticipate that we will see anywhere from 600 to 1,200 new students. Just in recent days we have enrolled a large number of kids in both elementary and secondary schools.

We just recently finished a facilities study and that will go a long way with preparing us.

All our new teachers are pretty evenly distributed between elementary and secondary schools.