Overall, interviewees indicated that their issues and concerns about implementing and maintaining a quality STW curriculum for middle school students were "challenging" but "workable over time." According to one principal, "There's always going to be a challenge. There's always going to be a personality. It's just like the real world: there's always going to be something to overcome, but that's just part of it." Interviewees also suggested that the "trials and tribulations" they had to work through were typical for any new or innovative program introduced to a school or school system. Some concerns, such as transportation availability, were viewed as "ongoing" and "expected." One community education director explained the process followed to resolve issues and concerns in his school:
My sense is that it's just going to take some time. I think there's just a lot more conversation and understanding and group planning that we have to do to really take it to the next level. I think that will come. I don't think it's insurmountable, but we are going to have to rethink the basic ways we think about school and see how good we are at doing that.