And Johnson said he would accomodate any the FDO offers him. "We do [security classes] for anyone who will invite us," he said.

Within the next two weeks, Haynes said she will meet with Nathans to discuss the different options for having security classes.

"I will discuss [the security classes] with her to set up a time table and see where things are going and what's happened with [them]," Haynes said.

Nathans cautioned against overly optimismtic expectations about security classes.

"In the end, though, no amount of programming can substitute for students' own regard for their peers and for common sense," Nathans said.

But the wrangling in the FDO has made Hanselman and other council members skeptical on a more fundamental level. They have doubts about whether any part of their original proposal--to have at least three small group classes with police officers--will make it through the FDO.

"Sometimes what the students want isn't necessarily what the administration wants," Hanselman said.