It's another option that you can offer to children and families. I think that's a positive for the community, to have multiple options for kids.

It's a positive for the Red Cross in getting the young children of the community reading so they can grow up to be conscious young adults.

We want everyone to know that we're not going to exclude anyone. We want a diverse school.

A letter should be going out later today, hand delivered, to all of the districts mentioned in the learning community, so everyone can begin to sit down and determine what our next steps are. We have many, many parents in our district that send their children to Omaha Public Schools for a diverse educational experience, and they're upset. They don't want a division of OPS.

We are hoping to utilize the community to restore the area.

Nothing is done in this facility without volunteers. Without them we wouldn't exist. The more we involve the community, the better.