the layoffs -- the board made it clear the layoffs were a direct reaction to the unknowns in governor walker's budget. everybody knew big cuts were coming. acting on advise of counsel to lay off everyone to meet some contract deadlines. i believe they'll do their best to call as many back as possible, but until they get the governor's budget numbers and understand the depth of the cuts, they're not going to make a real projection. so effective at the end of the year, those folks will be laid off, but i expect the district to bring probably all but perhaps 20 of those people back. that's still an awfully big cut for our district. >> so 20 teachers might be laid off ultimately, but a lot of you are getting notices anyway. tell me about the practical consequence of that. for the teachers and for the students. >> well, for the students it's caused a lot of uncertainty. they follow the news, and we talk about these issues. i teach an american government