This is the most people I've seen at a board meeting since we talked about closing schools and cutting back on busing.

I generally think the schools do a decent job of preparing folks for [the private sector], but given the intense global competitiveness in the economy, I think more is always better.

We do hit nutrition quite a bit in our schools.

I think we're doing the right thing here, and it's good for the citizens overall.

Let me go to Clinton's new proposal: to have uniforms in public schools. And people are doing that. How come they're doing that? Dress codes! I find that abhorrent.

They were looking for more equity within a district and we decided to survey the schools. Some people said they were playing in a district with schools twice our size and some of the games weren't competitive.