Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  readalot writes:  in
response to ChrisP:  Here's where Wendi fails any sort of logic
test.  "Here is where the city and the suburbs often diverge:
Whether to take a chance on new because it could help all of us
— or whether to selfishly stick with the old even though it's
comfortable just for us.?  How will jamming 150k+ students into
one school district "help all of us"? Nobody has ever offered
even a feeble attempt at suggesting how this benefit would be
derived from the merger, despite frequently repeated requests.
And a note to Wendi: Memphis is voting to change, because they
seem to realize that they need to change. Oh, and they should
save some significant $$$ from the MCS MOE. It's funny what a
few 10'$ of million$ might do to politicians.  The suburbs are
voting for the "status quo" because they, if you'll think way
back and try to recall, actually already HAD a successful
system, one that wasn't looking to change, one that didn't need
to change. One that di