You couldn't fragment it any more if you threw a bomb in it. It's wrong to unevenly load different schools.

You know, that's racist within itself. I mean, what you're saying is that if you're minority, you can't have a good school if you've got minorities, so you view minorities as a liability that you balance around. That is the underlying racist point when you start with that premise and say we have to balance minority numbers and diversity numbers, your premise that you start out with is that minority students are an inferior student and that's where the racist comment and thought pattern comes from.

He's always the perfect gentleman. He gives you common-sense advice. He came out of business before he went to law school and he is very practical in the advice he gives.

I haven't noticed any confusion. I think people understand fully what the implications of each map are.

I'm pleased changes have been considered to the north-south map.

Six years ago you could not find a technology technician. Now they're a dime a dozen. You've got stability (in teaching) you don't have in other places. Public education is a stable place, and it's one of the things not being mentioned.

It's not exactly like it, but it's pretty much the same east-west map. I think that's definitely what my constituents want.

It was rush, rush, rush, hush, hush, hush from the very start.

That's my preference and it always has been, although I wanted to hear what others had to say.

I've asked board members for their support of Map 3.