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REGULAR MEETING JULY 27, 2015 <br />legal, nothing is binding it's simply a statement put together in general terms. In my perspective <br />you set standards and you hold them to it and you will end up with a better finished product. If <br />you lower standards, then next year we will be lowering standards again and lower them again. <br />Some of my friends are members of the School Board, I hope they are not offended by this; it's <br />not meant to be offensive but encouraging. <br />going tol I <br />If they gra <br />within the city <br />and we need to <br />Dame can't we say this is what your goal is; why not? <br />ith these standards they can get to our flagship universities <br />am in support of this. The conversation needs to continue <br />Councilmember Henry — I would like to add a couple of thoughts. In 2009, the Council <br />within the same sub -com tee passed an ordinance authored by me to continue ongoing <br />conversations with the school corporation to offer them support. We obviously know that without <br />a healthy school system the city itself cannot develop. Another part of the conversation, was that <br />the infrastructures in which the schools sit on are owned by the city the curbs, sidewalk area, sewer, <br />water... So if there is any opportunity that we can help them with the infrastructure to be taken <br />care of whether plowing or paving the roadway the city can participate with those discussions as <br />well. One thing I want to mention, the same type of grown- headed policy that this is helped to <br />land one (1) million African- American men in prison to current day. We have a social justice <br />problem here in America. It begins and ends, then begins again with the educational opportunities <br />in the different communities whether they are making the grade are not. In my time from being a <br />student athlete from 3' grade to my senior year in College, it was an expectation that you knew <br />this and this is how you get it done. If you didn't get it done, you didn't get to participate. I <br />understand that other people have different challenges, whether family are some other issues. <br />However, if we do not press up on our children that they need to make the mark and make sure the <br />support mechanism are readily available, we are not only failing our kids, we are failing our society <br />26 <br />