They don't want to lay off teachers, we don't want to lay off teachers, and we're trying to cut our losses both of us.

We have worked together and come up with this agreement, which is the best we could probably hash out right now.

Teachers are doing assessments already. We are trying to fill the gaps now. We're not waiting until December to fill gaps.

We're trying to help the county get the workforce, ... If you have courses for student teachers in Charlotte County, they're more likely to stay in Charlotte County after they graduate.

We are trying to look very closely at 'what if' we eliminated substituting teachers for that purpose (staff development). That is not anything that as an educator I am thrilled to do.

Changes require retraining teachers. The initial change is what takes the most training. We're trying to get that done within the funding period of the grant.