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commissions which have yet to be tried and can only be

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changed by constitutional amendment . Ask yourselves that

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question in determining whether this is mere excess

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verbiage. The citizens of this State through their PTA's,

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lay boards and civic groups would certainly give a resound-

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ing yes in preference for the mentioning of local boards.

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They are aware that it is this system that influences

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their most precious possession, their children. I have

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two children in this system and I can tell you that there

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is nothing more precious to me than their future. They are

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affected on a daily basis, not occasionally, as in other

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areas of the government. Their minds are molded for

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better or for worse. Their futures are directly at stake

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in the type of education they receive. The majority

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further suggests that the real answer to the question

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which I pose is not an either/or choice, but rather one

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that would say that both is desirable, that it might be

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desirable to have the delegates of this Convention prove,

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as has been stated by many, that it is not merely a

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majority of lawyers only interested in providing a judicial

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system free of politics but rather an educational system