Nat Harrington Quotes (16 Quotes)

We need to protect all of the funds that are to be directed toward educating those students and running the schools. Our concern would not be what resources they have or don't have to make their case.

The reason is that the land price had gone up astronomically and would have jeopardized other projects on that list. We planned for 6 million and it went up to 11.5 million. Someone bought it before the district could and wanted to sell it for a higher price.

Tuesday was the original day, but we needed a day for a hurricane make-up day, so Monday was scheduled as the first day back.

It was done hastily, which is a concern to us. We have to do some fact-finding.

Once we have more information, we intend to pursue criminal charges.

We are always disappointed when these kinds of allegations surface. But we also know we have to give employees due process before we can take any final action regarding their employment.

Obviously it was not the ruling we expected. We believe we were acting in the best interest of the students, the School Board and the taxpayers, and we'll continue to make our case and explain our actions.

We've made every effort to inform everyone. But you typically find there is so much information that parents have to juggle. Bombardment may cause people to forget.

You cannot be disruptive during that time or any other time.

We felt the principal was making the right decision, and the court ruling seems to support the principal's action.

We're going to ask the judge to clarify whose money it is and if it's ours, get it back.

We're doing some testing to see how this affected them. We're repeating all the rules, all the expectations, and getting an assessment of where the students are skill-wise.

We've been impressed and proud of the schools and students who have responded graciously and generously. Many students have spent their own lunch money and hard-earned savings to give to the victims of the storm.

As we build new schools, the classes will be constructed to adhere to the class size reduction targets. And as we build additions those classes must be built to adhere the class size reduction targets.

Policy does not state pepper spray is prohibited. Schools have wide latitude how they deal with it.

It will be very similar to how the district responds to hurricanes. We'll look at the district communication network and make sure we have accurate information.