That process, in my opinion, takes longer just because you have more conversation but I believe it's good. We both come out feeling good about each other. It's time well spent.

If they choose not to invoke the policy within that year, then they are not eligible.

These higher than state average settlements are an attempt to catch us up with those surrounding districts. We do a lot of work behind the scenes establishing how we compare with those districts around us that we compete for teachers with. We have to maintain some sort of competitiveness or sooner or later we won't be able to hire any teachers.

We're trying to give those people as much lead time as possible if they want to take advantage of it now.

There is always a need for storage space. We are always looking for places to put things, whether they be student records or other things.

It may be personal choice, but they are still getting a lesser benefit and that is the discriminatory part.