“This board perpetrated a fraud on the city when they suggested we needed a third middle school. If you really feel like you need to close a school, close the new one.”
“The people in the Legislature evidently don't know beans from barley. By the time they figure out that smaller schools are best, they'll all be gone.”
“We have time for them to excel. Students here don't worry about peer pressure. Parents don't have to worry about what kind of stuff (the pupils) are going to hear or see. The moral character here is high.”
“We had some pretty sad times thinking this may be our last year. We've been talking and grieving. We've fought it and fought it, but I think they just got us licked this time.”
