Political Quotes

“But the exciting thing here, this is kind of like a voluntary decision by people at the local level that says I want to put more money into my local school, and they have the option of doing it. It builds that trust between a local parent, a local constituent, and their local school system. If the school system can come up with a compelling need that says, hey, in Michigan we get money on a formula basis, and some of my school districts have some special needs, and they are saying, the money we are getting from Lansing just is not enough, and they have no alternative way to get some additional dollars, under this plan, they could go to the constituents in Holland and say, you know, we really want to keep this school open. This is in one of our target neighborhoods. We really think it is important. We know that this is not the most efficient way to run the school, but this is not necessarily always about efficiency. We want the best results. We think the best result is by leaving this school open. Are you willing to contribute a little bit to our school system to make that happen? Under this system, there is an incentive for people to contribute and help build their school system to be one of the best school systems in the State, if not the country.”