I think it's a difficult day that we have to close schools under these circumstances. We need a plan of action to go forward.

That is what happened last year when we closed some schools. Many families left the district. I would like families to call our office before moving to a charter school. We would like to work with them.

We just closed five schools last week. We better go with Ray and Associates with the lower bid.

We want to continue our academic improvement plan that we already have in place. And we know we need somebody who will be happy to involve the community in the decisions -- and motivate our staff and work with our staff.

Schools and day centers were closing.

He won that event also. There were a lot more schools that day. There were schools from Connecticut and New York at that meet.