"The board of the council is not going to say anything, in favor or against."
"We didn't really know quite where their board was going to come out."
And the rest of the board went along with him.
But the board is going to need more than a majority to get the district back on track.
"Whatever we do, this board is not going to be popular," he said.
We were proceeding on course at speed when the board just went dead.
But to some parents at the meeting, the board did not go far enough.
The parents said they might go back to court if the board went ahead with the move.
"I do not believe my board is going to let me down," he said.
The board will go on acting like it always has.