The school also makes an impact on teachers, parents and the community at large.

Parent pressure on teachers has been identified as a major cause.

"Why is it being spent on supervisors rather than teachers?"

"There was no pressure on teachers from one single person," Santiago said when asked if he had received special treatment.

But the change could also have forced the schools to reduce their reliance on such teachers.

It is obvious that this transfer of power will have a real effect on teachers in schools.

Students in at least five other states have fired on classmates or teachers over the past two and a half years.

By then, the fifth graders were on their third teacher in seven months.

The attack was the latest in a series of assaults on teachers.

This is a major issue without question and places an unfair burden on teachers.