Lindsey Tippins Quotations

While the overall principle is sound, the financial implications are tremendous. One child can end up costing you $60,000 for a teacher's salary and benefits and another classroom. You have a couple of those situations and it gets very, very expensive.

Yes, but look at where those e-mails come from.

From the very beginning, this redistricting has been about racial balance. Should children be assigned to schools based on skin color? That decision was made early on in this process.

He's always the perfect gentleman. He gives you common-sense advice. He came out of business before he went to law school and he is very practical in the advice he gives.

My priority is providing the maximum academic challenge for each student in the district regardless of their ability.

The thing that bothers me in this whole scenario is that it has set one part of west Cobb against another, and that's a shame.

I've asked board members for their support of Map 3.

It's not exactly like it, but it's pretty much the same east-west map. I think that's definitely what my constituents want.

I haven't noticed any confusion. I think people understand fully what the implications of each map are.

I think they did a good job. The different options reflect what we heard at the first hearing, and it's pretty clear they listened to the concerns that were raised. I've said all along, I think you can draw a map that will satisfy the majority of the people. I think there's room in the high school to do that. Obviously there is.