CodeIgniter Form Helper problem

[eluser]RaGe10940[/eluser]

Code:

<h3>Students Waiting</h3>
            <table id='waiting' class='display'>
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th>ID</th>                      
                        <th>A Number</th>
                        <th>First Name</th>
                        <th>Last Name</th>
                        <th>Reason for visit</th>
                        <th>Comments</th>
                        <th>Aid Year</th>
                        <th>Staff Comments</th>
                        <th>Staff Member</th>
                     <th>Options</th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
    
     &lt;?php
     foreach ($waiting as $row)
     {
      ?&gt;                
     <tr>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['id'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>    
      <td>&lt;?php echo anchor('studentqueue_controller/history/'.urlencode($row['anum']). '', $row['anum'], 'target="_blank"'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['first'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['last'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['reason'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['studentcomments'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['aidyear'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>&lt;?php echo htmlspecialchars($row['counselorcomments'], ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8'); ?&gt;</td>
      <td>
       &lt;?php echo form_open('studentqueue_controller/counselorscreen'); ?&gt;
       &lt;?php echo form_dropdown('namedrop', $names) ?&gt;</td>
      <td>
       &lt;input type="checkbox" name="options" value="start" &lt;?php echo form_checkbox('options','start') ?&gt;Start&lt;/input>
       <br />
       &lt;input type="checkbox" name="options" value="stop" &lt;?php echo form_checkbox('options','stop') ?&gt;Delete&lt;/input>
       &lt;?php echo form_submit('submit', 'Start Action'); ?&gt;      
       &lt;?php echo form_close(); ?&gt;
      </td>
     </tr>
    
     &lt;?php
      } ?&gt;
                </tbody>    
            </table>

I put form_open and form close in each of the rows. that works just fine now. thanks for the input!