Dan Montgomery Quotes

I know it`s a struggle, ... But you still have to do it.

(Granville had a 100 percent graduation rate for the 2003-2004 school year. Newark had 78.1, while all other county schools exceed 90 percent. The state`s graduation rate is 85.9 percent.) We are by no stretch of the imagination happy with a 78 percent (graduation rate), ... The greatest single education issue we have to deal with is our drop-out rate.

(These) 529 plans really are pieces of (expletive) ... that are good in maybe 1 percent of situations, ... Hand my money over to bureaucrats? No thank you!

A high school diploma shows that a student has completed coursework (successfully) in all discipline areas, ... The GED (general education diploma) is a test of knowledge that shows you have the knowledge and can pass a test. It doesn`t necessarily show work ethic.

Newark has a significant poverty level,

Is there apathy? At times, maybe. I think an awful lot of it comes down to priority of time, ... We`re not talking about parents who don`t care but parents who make a living so kids can have basic needs.

If they can see the light at the end of the tunnel, they don`t get frustrated and stick with us, ... We had some kids graduate in 2005 who in the past would not have made it.