We're teachers, professionals, and we're going to do our jobs regardless.

Without the budget, things suffer ? teachers can lose jobs and programs can be taken away. It's not just a matter of trying to get taxes down ? that's part of it, but that's just one part of it.

We have higher standards for teachers. We should have higher standards for teachers.

We get teachers who either live here or they want to stay in this area. There is no way we're going to attract somebody. So the competition for teachers is real tough for us,

Students are tired. Teachers are tired. And I think that we were doing just fine with the 175 days.

We still have areas with growth, so if we have surplus teachers we could send them there.