  We present a high temperature series expansion for the ferromagnetic Kondo
lattice model in the large coupling limit, which is used to model CMR
perovskites. Our results show the expected cross-over to Curie-Wei{\ss}
behavior at a temperature related to the bandwidth. Estimates for the magnetic
transition temperatures are in the experimentally observed range. The
compressibility shows that the high temperature charge excitations can be
modeled by spinless fermions. The CMR effect itself, however, warrants the
inclusion of dynamic effects and cannot be explained by a static calculation.
