51.   And he proposed a system of incentives so that school systems that improve can receive more state money.

52.   And at least in part, that is because of the school system.

53.   And cheerleading without clout can provide a psychological boost but do little to actually change a troubled school system.

54.   And cuts in capital spending have left the school system with few options for building more schools.

55.   And for school systems struggling with such complex issues as diversity, tolerance and jock culture, his story is a hopeful model.

56.   And now there are the school system, the chancellor and the Board of Education.

57.   And it has also opened the school system to criticism, particularly from the mayor.

58.   And she said that the reforms the mayor was seeking for the school system might not serve the best interests of children.

59.   And if a school system submitted its bills a year or two late, the state usually paid them anyway.

60.   And the control board has slowly begun to improve the school system, police department and other city agencies.