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cducaror\ urged that hefore they are deemed ton small or not of the quality that legislators and
taxpayers expect. the! not have a blanket placed over them and all other small Iowa schnols
and lumped inro one cnte_rory that is viewed by more-urban dwellers as inadequate.
A board rncn~her asked legislators to determine what it was they actually wanted
before mandates were imposed. "Make things more clear. Figure out what you kvmt before
you tell us to scum1 around and do what it is you think you want. We get half\tla\: rhrou~h
something, and then they chance it. It all changcs and thcy want somethinp different. It is
very fruqtrating." she added.
Both the superinlcndcn[ and [lie curricul~im director believed that all of the changes
might have heen n\wided llnd the lcgislnture not seemingly rushed 10 impse the mandates and