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"No one said consolidation should not happen"...? No one? A vocal minority has been saying just that for years. Remember the candle light vigils and sign waving? Sit tight, they'll be back. Why do you think we're in the current situation? No one in this caldron of pathology wants to lose their little fiefdom or make a professional decision. The school committee, the one with whom we should "get involved", has been told for decades that this was coming and responded by sitting on their collective hands. Even when they were told 18 months ago to close Gorton and Aldrich and make Vets a middle school, they punted and took the cowardly act of hiding behind a consultant. Many, many thousands of taxpayer dollars later, we're back to exactly where we were 18 months ago. The city's enrollment is a function of it's relative attractiveness to education consumers. There is no leadership, there is no pride, and there is no courage. Kids lose, teachers lose, and parents lose. The only winners are Prout, LaSalle, and Hendricken who are watching with gleeful disbelief as this tragic comedy continues to unfold.