For comparison's sake, the national composite score is 20.9. It's very nice to be No. 1, but we're very, very pleased that our scores have remained constant.

I mean, if I had to buy presents at Christmastime, I would.

There has never been that kind of effort, to standardize activities and rules.

Up until last year, there was a cap on the number of students that could leave a particular district. Last year, it was 10 percent; prior to that, 3 percent. Now there are no caps, so more parents are opting to move their students around.

The most important thing we can do is to encourage all of our students to take rigorous coursework.

This isn't a mandate but her suggestion the communities address this issue at a local level.