An artificial field would be a godsend to some schools.

This is the first hurdle for Burke County Public Schools.

I think we're behind, I do. A lot of schools are way over 50 percent.

We're all 100 percent for keeping the elementary schools in their communities opposed to making a warehouse for the kids, so to speak.

They say they will move away or [allow their children to] transfer [to private schools] if the referendum does not pass.

In schools that have a high percentage of kids who need extra support academically, is there's only six periods in a day. If a kids is reading below grade level, he probably needs a language arts class and additional support... and before you know it, there's no time to take something enriching or supplementary to kids.