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MRS. ROBIE; I am at 9348 Reed Circle, Fort
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Washington, Maryland, 20022, I am also the National P-TA
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Program Chairman, at the moment. Having worked with
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these other states, through the P-TA National Board,
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well, of course, we talk a great deal about the problems
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that come up and legislation has been one of our major
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items of work, and we have always been so very impressed
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with the manner that we are able to get things over in
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Maryland, with the twenty-three counties and Baltimore
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City making it so much easier to do things in our State.
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We just, if you look around at the way education is
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operating, you can tell that we have a very fine system,
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and so I am relieved now in hearing what has been said
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today because when I heard of the meeting, I thought,
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oh, the State Board of Education members would like to
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be here because they would have a great stake in this;
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but it does seem that you have had these advantages of
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our State pointed out and, as Mr. Raver said, that we
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may have more to lose than to gain and I would certainly
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want to point out the fact that I am not one not to want
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to rock the boat, if rocking the boat is a good idea.
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