It's very important for the real estate community, as well, to have good schools. Overall, you might see a decline in the value of real estate if the high schools were to lose accreditation.

It's a very important issue to the community and the business community.

Over the last year, the foundation has had many discussions about what to do with that Cedarville land. Those discussions led to a focus on all town-owned land and what the highest and best use for each is. Looking in the best interests of the town, we decided Plymouth should come up with some scenarios and conduct a comprehensive review of all the properties that it owns.

It's hard to say if companies would leave, but attracting companies in would be an issue, if they see the school system cannot support their growth.

Plymouth has 62,000 acres of land, of which 26,000 acres are tax exempt. Creating a more diverse tax base really was a factor in this decision.

We've always partnered with the schools. They are the anchors of the community.