“I am a firm believer of...

“I am a firm believer of term limits. We need new blood, new

ideas. I would push to have no more than two terms.”

-- Ed Loyd, answering a

question about the greatest

challenge facing the district

“I dream at the end of four years, we have 100% graduation rate. I

have a dream that we can send every child to college.”

-- Ron Winship on district’s

greatest challenge

“When I got on the board eight years ago, I could not go to the

market without people telling me about the number of students using

drugs and alcohol. There was no policy at the time. We developed a

policy.”

-- Serene Stokes on the

district’s zero-tolerance policy

“Zero tolerance can be used against certain people. It’s the

implementation part I don’t enjoy. There’s a gray area of how it’s

applied.”

-- Ron Winship on the district’s

zero-tolerance policy

“I’m well known for being an independent thinker. My opponent is

not the only independent thinker on the board. I subject everything

to analysis.”

-- Tom Egan, rebutting a

statement that Leece is the only

independent thinker on the board

“We should work harder to improve all of our schools to make them

a better place for kids.”

-- Shelby Cove, in response

to a question of whether

trustees should consider

redrawing attendance

boundary lines to ease

overcrowded schools

“How we interpret ‘No Child Left Behind’ -- a federal education

act -- is one reason why you still want me on the board. Because what

Sacramento wants might not be the best for Newport-Mesa.”

-- Wendy Leece, in response to

steps the district can take to

create a more even attendance

for high schools