Kelly Avants Quotations

We had been told by other participating districts to expect an initial enrollment of 500 students.

We realized we were impacting these families more than we needed.

We have always held students accountable to all state requirements. We believed this would be a consistent message to the community.

But the practice began at Maple Creek, and historically we had the greatest number of parents stay overnight at that school.

We've been monitoring the situation. And now that the settlement is approved, we want to move forward.

This is the time of year it always happens.

They're really wanting to create an environment of continuous education. By providing a single principal ... there would be even more continuity.

It was never at the level Buchanan was at. The issue was more that the potential was there, and the water intrusion was there.