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Of freedom. >> what do you say to somebody who might be watching who says, this guy doesnt have kids in school. why is he taking part in a school board meeting? >> because i love the kids even though i dont know them. i just want to see them have happy lives. >> do you as a superintendent wish the passions were elsewhere? >> i do. i think that what has happened is its taken our eye off of what were really hired to do, and thats educate our students and provide a great learning environment for th...

>> do you have children in the school district? >> i do not. im retired. >> then why do you keep coming? >> im concerned about our loss of freedom. >> what do you say to somebody who might be watching that says, this guy doesnt have kids in school. why is he taking part in the school board meeting? >> because i love the kids even though i dont know them. i just want to see them have happy lives. >> do you as a superintendent wish the passions were elsewhere? >> i do. i think what has happened is...

>> we were spreading ourselves far too thin. facing a $50 million deficit. and if we didnt do something to take our school district off that trajectory, we couldve easily gone into bankruptcy. >> im really sad. its a great school, my son has had a lot of success here. its a great learning environment. >> in many districts, their obsession with keeping every school open despite the declining population results in educational services being delivered in a much more inefficient manner. if your popu...