The City Commission has talked about it, but there's no ordinance in place, ... Most of our (residential) responses tend to be someone cooking and setting off the alarm.

You won't be bound by the results of the study,

But you are losing enrollment. Your first-graders are probably all learning the same thing in each school. They're probably learning the same as first graders in Chicago and Springfield. The differences come in grades 9-12. Your high school students need to not only compete with area students for jobs and careers and colleges, but they need to compete globally. If they are not going to college, they need skills.

If you wish, ... Consolidation is not done to save money. You save money by closing buildings, but after that, it's the person in charge who is key to savings.

I just went over to where all those trucks were parked to see if they were hiring, and they were,

It's really safe. This is the first time something like that has happened around here.

It was starting to intensify as we left,

See what you like about it. This is like a medical check-up long before you're diagnosed with a serious disease. You will have options after you know the facts of the study,

And we'll testify at the required hearing if this moves forward into reorganization.

We customize your feasibility study, ... We meet with the school boards, the administration or both. We do what no one else does, we start at the beginning with you and go through the end. If you want to go forward (with reorganization) after the study, we tell you what you need to do next.