What's your feeling about consolidation and for some of these rural schools? Well, obviously, consolidation would probably mostly happen to rural schools. Right. And so let's just talk about rural schools for a moment. Rural schools are essentially the main employer in our small towns, meaning they are an economic driver for those small towns. So these schools provide jobs and therefore incomes and therefore residents generally that then also purchase from the local businesses, farmers markets. Right. And they buy the homes in these small rural areas. (19:52–20:11)
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