The one thing we're going to have to have while making this transition is patience. Our community is going to need to be patient because a lot of times we are going to be playing schools two times the size we are.

The only request to the schools was to utilize the money for something other than enrichment, ... We asked the schools to purchase something tangible that the school budget would not cover.

The players were disappointed that students from both schools acted the way they did. It's unfortunate the result of the game was lost because of what happened. Nothing happened on the floor between Carmel and Mahopac.

The point of doing a Coordinate Program Review, which we do for every system in the state, is to help make our schools better. When we find deficiencies, we work with the schools to come up with an action plan to make needed changes.

The Perkins program is one of the most efficient ways to use federal resources -- schools partly match federal capital, and all the money is recycled into loans for future generations. Students need Perkins more than ever.