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