Thank you, Clinton. In my small part of the world here in Anchorage, Alaska, my fellow teachers and I have a passion for helping out students here in the ASD and many good things are happening. Public remarks disparaging education does concern me. If anything should be cut it's the tech department--our society's insistence on relying more and more on technology to find a short cut and replace human interaction is a wrong move in our opinion. Also, the amount of time that schools are dealing with drug use is astronomical--talk to Christine. We'll keep working as hard as we can and we usually see eye to eye on most things other than your recent comments. Volunteer in your local schools this year and get a closer view.