That takes Dixon out of my district. That's a relief. That's one less (school) out of my 20 (schools). If it's going to benefit the children, hooray for them.

There should have been preventive measures implemented at the schools when they first saw them going in that direction.

We are hoping the schools will show significant improvements.

If you look at our ERG towns' Strategic School Profiles, you see we are spending less on out-of-district placements than any other school district in our educational reference group.

Because his district is rather spread out and he frequently takes a lot of staff with him, this is the vehicle he's used for some time.

Sometimes you don't receive because you don't ask. Schools are competitive. They want numbers. They want the school full.