We could have kids that have graduated in here or kids from other schools, ... This will help teachers identify students.

It will help with the security and safety of all the students in the school, ... [A photo ID system] helps when you have that many kids.

It is something that students and parents will have to get used to,

Our kids have had some of the same teachers, same schools as we have had.

With small schools and declining enrollment, two or three kids can dramatically affect test scores. We tested 75 fewer students district wide than last year.

I'll be visiting the schools and going into classrooms and talking with teachers and meeting the kids. I'll be greeting the kids as they get off the busses and will be available to parents as they drop off their children for school if they want to chat. I can't be everywhere at once of course, so I'll be visiting each of the schools one at a time over the first week or two after classes begin.