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“They worked every penny of it, ... They told me they would have done it for free. You could feel the love in the room.”
John Ellis
“There is wisdom in truth but not always happiness in knowledge.”
“If you can just cut out all the stuff you're doing to try to avoid stuttering in the first place, you're halfway home - if not more so,”
“I think that's an additional tribute to him, that in a small district he was able to do something that stands out.”
“This is an unusual step for us, but not unprecedented. We feel this is necessary and appropriate.”
“Instead of just stopping for lunch the kids swooped in and grabbed a handful, ... These guys all worked like Trojans.”
“It was mind-boggling, ... I just adore these kids. They are just so special. These are the future leaders of the world. I'm so proud of them.”
“You could tell they had done a good day's work, ... I almost started crying. They kept saying, 'Mr. Ellis, it's going to be OK.' That was so cool.”
“At a time when they can't properly fund education . . . now is not the time you start trying to figure out how to take money away from those institutions the state has the largest responsibility towards.”
“His goal is consolidation of school services, not districts. If so, I think we have something to talk about.”