1. Support the concept of safe neighborhood schools,

2. Support low pupil/teacher ratios as they enhance quality education and allow individual attention at all levels,

3. Support hiring of credentialed administrators and teachers for core courses and utilize evaluation procedures that develop high quality teachers, administrators, and staff members,

4. Support equal–opportunity enrichment programs and offerings as important to pre-K, K-12, and summer school education,

5. Support exploration of more magnet schools within school districts to increase creative approaches toward children’s varying needs and interests,

6. Support orientation for students moving from one school to another,

7. Continue reviewing the relationship between charter schools and traditional district schools to see whether charters are offering programs and approaches sig­nificantly different from and better than what the traditional district schools are offering,

8. Support a system in which charter schools will share with traditional district schools the innovative methods they have found successful in improving student learning,

9. Support full federal and state funding of special education and a review of spe­cial education management at charter schools as it impacts the traditional district schools,

10.    Support the highest financial priority being given to classroom teaching,