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I want to voice support for Superintendent Smith and the members of the Portland School Board in their efforts to deal with the perpetual funding problems that face this city's schools.  We hired and elected skilled, experienced, caring people to look at all the choices, weigh all the competing priorities and come up with solutions.  Unfortunately, every parent group is convinced that their school, their program, their child is not being considered and that they have a better plan than the school board.  I beg you to stop your second guessing and let the professionals and dedicated volunteers get on with the difficult work of providing a strong educational program for ALL students. 

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