Famous Quotes & Sayings

It was a good test for our guys. It's the end of the season with districts only one week away. It gives them a good environment for a big tournament, so it should prep them for districts.

It's time to get ready for districts now.

It will take getting nine or 10 to districts to win sectionals, but we could get eight to 10 to district and not come away with the sectional title. Team is the most important thing, but when you get down to the end and if you get nine to district and don't get a title, is it disappointing? It's kind of a double-edged sword.

I had her tighten it up, move it over a bit. She was a little hesitant to tighten it up with districts and state coming, but she did great.

Before, we were just working with about 24 cities, which included fire districts within the four counties. Now, it's broadened the geography. . . . We could get right into the edge of Weld County.

They've been on for a while, but it would be safe to say in recent years there's been more of a push. The school districts I've talked to do say it's helped with the discipline.

Jonathan Kozol

The inequalities are greater now than in '92. Some states have equalized per-pupil spending but they set the 'equal level' very low, so that wealthy districts simply raise extra money privately.

You will see a concerted effort in those districts by those folks who thought this was going to become law today to take another look at who their elected representative is.

Schools and districts wouldn't face any sanctions because of the lateness of the tests.

School districts should be back in better shape, back to where they were before the hurricanes hit.

The municipal water districts should be playing not just provider of the water, but playing the water cops.

Some school districts are at their maximum mill levy. They will see a 5.5 percent increase.

A lot of the districts aren't going to have money to pay their teachers come July if they don't do something.

Harold Brown

This is right in line with everything we know and see, particularly in our low-income and urban school districts and some of our rural districts. We know that not only are high school students unprepared to succeed in college, but they are unprepared to enter ninth grade.

The way the legislative districts are drawn, representatives handpick their voters and have tailor-made districts.

For many districts who are planning a high school, it will be the only new high school they are going to see in their lifetime.

Newt Gingrich

As speaker of the House, I have a national obligation to all my members to be in their districts and go out and spread the message,

Districts would be able to use their tutoring and summer school money at their own discretion.

We think it screams for the three districts to come together. So they don't all have to fight over the last drop.

To sell land, there is a procedure that school districts must follow, and it is pretty straightforward.

I've never seen this before. I've been representing school districts since 1973, and I haven't seen anything like it.

The state has already allocated money to the districts for transportation costs, ... I hope the state steps up to help us, or this will be money that will come out of the classroom.

Teachers and textbooks... those are the two most costly items our districts will incur. That's what they're hoping the federal government will pick up the tab for.

It was inspiring that we could win districts once. To come back and not be big-headed and win it two more times I think is great.

It's exciting to be in the championship. I won six districts in a row. I had at least one Division 1 player. This year I don't. I have a hard hustling and working team. They just work, work, work.

That makes us think the only reason it's in there is so it can eventually be used for accountability. If it is, it would penalize districts who have high populations of English language learners.

I don't think the situation was much different than what other growing school districts experience.

Michael Bennet

I am most interested in the outcomes at schools and school districts and ensuring that all kids are prepared for college and a career in the 21st-century job market.