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Renard Johnson: “Some of our school districts are in trouble, and some of…”

Featuring: Renard Johnson, Mayor of El Paso | Texas

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But what I can tell you is that you have to elect the right people for school board seats. And if you don't put the right people on the school boards, then you end up where we are today. Some of our school districts are in trouble, and some of them are going broke, and some of them are in the news today. Yeah. Closing schools. And that doesn't help economic development in. Our city instead of just elections. Because I feel like bureaucracy does a good job of protecting itself, like anything. (32:49–32:56)

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Asserts that some school districts are in financial trouble and are in the news.

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