The high schools that we have, and it's not just locally but nationally, are designed for a different purpose, a different time and a different place -- and it doesn't meet the educational needs of kids today.

The golf courses and schools already use nitrogen as fertilizer so building this line would serve a dual purpose.

I just think it would have helped the small schools.

The R&R committee for years has wanted to get the Roanoke Valley schools in Region IV.

I don't think we can afford to lose that kind of brainpower.

All kids deserve an opportunity. We're not accountable for where we're born into, but we are accountable for the opportunities we can provide for others. All parents, private as well as public, they all have a stake in this.