Let me make something perfectly clear. Everybody at the school is saddened by these events.
We're over one to four students at just about every grade level. It's going to have a definite impact on us.
The primary consideration was to protect the student himself, and protect the students around him, as well as the staff members that were there.
The contracts vary depending on the size of the school but can generate as much as $100,000 in supplemental revenue for a large school.
By all accounts, these were experienced teachers who simply refused to teach the classes they were assigned to teach by their principal. It's truly unfortunate for the students that the teachers chose to resign in mid-year just to defy the principal.
From what I understand, he is a good-sized 9-year-old - he's not a small child. He had already knocked the officer's glasses off, and hit and kicked him.
The machines do sell soft drinks and candy, but they also carry healthier items like juice and crackers.
Racially balanced isn't the term that our board uses but it does have a policy that clearly states that when we do a redistricting we should not affect the diversity of a school any more than is necessary when drawing a line.
Students got the message that they had their chance to be heard and they were.
It is a pretty clear situation of wrongdoing. It is a huge disappointment to everyone.
