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diversity in the composition of the Board of Education

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is one which was discarded sixty-three years ago. The

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suggestion strangely is that the school board is to serve

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the land area, rather than the population.

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Finally, in providing for constitutional

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appointment of the superintendent of schools, the Majority

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is adopting language which has served in statutory form

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for well over five decades .

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If there has ever been an attempt to legislate

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where a few brief sentences would suffice for constitutional

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purposes, the Majority Report is the most extreme example.

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It is an attempt to enshrine the status quo,

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when the entire history of public education demonstrates

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that experimentation, innovation and flexibility, have

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been the true tools of progress.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Wheatley, you have three

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and a half minutes remaining to allot.

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DELEGATE WHEATLEY: Mr. Chairman, I yield

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three minutes to Delegate Kirkland.

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THE CHAIRMAN: Delegate Kirkland.

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DELEGATE KIRKLAND: Mr. Chairman, may I ask a