Bill Smith
Bill Smith
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There are a lot of parents wanting to know how this is going to work. It's important for parents to have a good understanding. Our intent is to provide a full educational program during the transitional period.
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We got it back, ... I compliment the quick work of everybody on this. ... The good news is it not only came back, it came back intact.
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It's not a question of importance. This is a financial issue, and it's a regulatory issue.
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It's always been in the air, since the day it opened.
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It's hard under the circumstances to see this disaster in that light. But if you were bound and determined to find a silver lining to this catastrophe, one could say that there is the potential here to rebuild a state-of-the-art network in every respect.
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It's a feeling of saying 'this is mine,' of being able to create my own hours, my own revenue.
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We decided to stay an extra day and play a game that we could give some relief to the groups.
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We have a pretty big house, so we didn't mind all the company. They had no place to go and we are all family, so we enjoyed each other's company for a while.
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We're going to pay it one way or another. We think paying based on what the actual costs are over a 5 percent difference is a good way to do this. It's not that we're unconcerned; it's just the price of doing business.
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We'll have a system that really works. We'll have a system that people enjoy using. There's a lot of votes down here in the three counties.
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We are really comparing apples to oranges when we do this. The state tests, they show how much a child learned based on instruction. ... The federal test focuses on a testing achievement using a norm scale.
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We are making steady progress as we gain access. Most customers will be restored within 30 days. However, some communities may take longer to rebuild in certain cases depending on when residents and businesses are able to return to these most affected areas and the time it takes to rebuild needed local infrastructure. New Orleans is an atypical situation given the floodwaters and access issues, and because of this, we will track restoration activity in New Orleans separately.
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They might be down, but by no means out.
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That's not our job - to twist some kid's arm to go be a teacher.