Legislators speak out

9th District Representative legislator Susan Fagan said she has yet to see a study on consolidation proving it saves funds.

"No matter how many times they study that, they haven’t proven that…," Fagan said. "No one has proven to me that broad school consolidation is going to make our kids’ education better."

9th District state Senator Mark Schoesler said he was still disappointed with the current state of the levy equalization bill.

"We shouldn’t be raising them. Instead, we should be focusing on funding what we have. Focus on unfunded mandates and how we can lower the cost to the districts -...