This could sap thousands of dollars from schools that are already financially strapped to provide education to children. Obviously, we wouldn't want that to happen. We want to protect our partners so we are moving them to other, private organizations.

It's not the education; it's the social issues in the schools. The children are troubled there. The parents are troubled. There's no cure in sight.

When you take the time to actually listen, with humility, to what people have to say, it's amazing what you can learn. Especially if the people who are doing the talking also happen to be children.

There are more film schools here than any other city, pumping out more aspiring filmmakers, and there is nowhere to show their work.

The purpose of school should not be to prepare students for more school. We should be seeking to have fully engaged students now.

Our community must protect basic education for its children. Today, our schools can still deliver a quality product. But with more than $15-million in tough cuts already made and more coming, that quality is at risk. To protect education, and the investment we have made in our homes and in our community, we need to pass our issue in May.