We get teachers who either live here or they want to stay in this area. There is no way we're going to attract somebody. So the competition for teachers is real tough for us,

We're teachers, professionals, and we're going to do our jobs regardless.

Without the budget, things suffer ? teachers can lose jobs and programs can be taken away. It's not just a matter of trying to get taxes down ? that's part of it, but that's just one part of it.

It's important to remember that this relief effort for Hurricane Katrina victims was not initiated by teachers or administrators,

Imagine every morning if the teachers had the children stand up, place their hands over their hearts, and say, 'We are one nation that denies God exists,'

Professors go batty too, perhaps more often than other people, although owing to their profession, their madness is less often remarked.