The public said to make the cuts, do whatever you have to do but don't ask us for more money right now. So the referendum failed.

I have to give credit where credit is due. She has gone above and beyond trying to figure out how best to manage everything. It wouldn't be right not to pat her on the back. She's very good at what she does.

Over the course of the last three years, which included the previous board, we started a plan to every year cut some things throughout the district. We're continuing to honor what the public has asked us to do, which is to alleviate the debt.

I can't afford to die; I'd lose too much money.

It?s primarily because the board has managed their money well. But it is also because they are only looking at day cuts as a way to survive.

The most important thing for us wasn't that we had a big lead and held onto it. We had to play our style of basketball against Good Counsel because that's what is going to make us a better team.