Greg Knudsen
Greg Knudsen
additional fund money projects ready seeking
The money appropriated has been used to fund projects as they're ready to go. The additional money we're seeking is for additional projects that are needed. It will be encumbered. There will not be anything lost.
maybe others seems step time
It seems like every time we take a step forward, others take a step forward, also -- maybe two steps.
great improvement
It is a great improvement from when we first started out.
improve lowering meet modern question standards students sure
These are standards you need in today's modern world. It's not a question of lowering the standards but of making sure the students are able to improve and meet them.
achievement follow good hope student system
Now that we've got a good system in place, the hope is that student achievement will follow suit.
cost creates single size terms
It makes sense. In terms of having a single administration for an enrollment the size of ours, it creates cost efficiencies.
efforts feedback informal intended positive recognize survey
The survey is intended to give informal feedback and not be heavy-handed. It is to recognize efforts already in place through positive reinforcement.
additional chase hard holding money
That's what's holding things up now. It is always hard to chase down additional money when it hasn't been budgeted.
individual progress schools
If you look at the individual schools and their progress, you'll find that most of them, indeed, are improving.
account federal food hand provided
We can't hand out the food free, much of it is very heavily federally subsidized and provided through federal food sources, and we have to account for that.
reduced saying test
We're not saying let's make everything easier. There will be the need for a new test because of the new standards, but they have not been reduced in difficulty.
left
There are too many things being legislated that should be left up to the DOE.