It's not an ideal solution, but it will work if everybody follows the basic criteria of food is in classrooms only on days when rooms are scheduled for cleaning.

To be on the safe side and to avoid any concerns, if other similar groups are formed the district will notice these meetings just as we notice our board of education committee meetings.

At all times, we consider student safety. As soon as the call is made, we immediately contact media sources, school staff and parochial and private schools.

Closing for a weather-related situation is one of the more challenging decisions a district makes, but we always place student safety as the primary determinant in making these decisions.

The superintendent asked RAMAC - on the consultant's behalf - to create a committee of community members to study options for grade configuration.

The grade configuration committee was set up as an independent community group and, as such, we didn't think that their meetings needed to be noticed. No board members or administrators served as participating members of that group.