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against you and state officials to prevent from you instituting any mask mandates for children who may be returning to school during a potential surge. or people who are among unvaccinated teachers. how are we going to handle that? >> well, we put out our recommendations a couple of weeks ago, as best we can project from the end of june to what school will look like in early september. and we recommended no masks. and i hope it stays that way. please, god, it stays that way. having said that, we reserve the right to -- you know, we don't dictate the terms here. the virus does. so, we're going to monitor this like a hawk every single day. the good news about masking, you can turn on a dime, unlike an hvac system or an old school system where you need a long runway to get that fixed. a mask decision you can make overnight literally. i hope we don't have to. believe me, that is my strong hope and recommendation right now is no masking.
from your perspective, you write a lot about campaign finance. what w was the old school system better in terms of governance? heritage action does more these days to gum up the works than the old-school heritage action. >> the tools at the disposal of special sbrinterests in the capl are more vast and sophisticated. these new avenues, social media, the laundering of public opinion through astroturf groups, become even more important to lobbyists. the scale of what is required to
million. this is the only way we can do that. what he also says is this isn't an economically or academically viable plan. what he wants to do is restructure the schools, like gm was restructured, essentially make a new school system and an old school system. let the old school system carry the debt, the new school system have a new start. that is a hard sell, but that's what he wants to see happen. we'll keep a close eye on it. >> poppy, thanks very much. before the break, you'll remember we asked for your input on how the education funding problem can be fixed. and we've received in pretty creative responses on ali's blog and facebook and twitter. keith posted this -- being a construction worker i've seen millions wasted for what i see as unnecessary building accessories. too many intricate items built into schools that have no educational bearing whatsoever. jeff posted this on facebook -- take local school boards out of the decision making process. who needs politicians educating