Athletics can be a magnet,

We have to take a new look at our athletic program and decide how we can best maximize our resources,

I think Dr. King would be shedding a tear this morning, because we have done to ourselves what others could not do to us. Young people are killing each other for no reason.

We want to make cuts as far away from the classroom as possible,

Every day we wait puts our students at a disadvantage.

Once we get the proposal from the athletic directors, then I will submit a proposal to the school board. Then, after the school board gets it, we will have a number of community meetings to get community input,