Rick Caporale Quotations

Make believe that we're taxpayers, and we want to support you, but we want to know what it's going to cost to run these schools. People want to know what it's going to cost.

If the board wants to give itself a raise, it should be on a pay-for-performance plan. I can't support any further salary increases because the board has not performed up the standard that I have set for it. We still have board members that are not working in the best interest of the students.

For about eight years, various board members have suggested that we have an absentee rate that is too high.

I've fought against that high school more than anyone, and I voted in favor of this.

Once again we got the last-minute advisory. Well, look, we've all been talking about it in terms of May. It seemed like the best compromise.

By the time that school gets built and is up off the ground, there could be enough students to justify it.

The meeting was extremely disappointing. From my point of view, the Facilities Committee really handed (Crews) the framework for a successful referendum. We gave her the basic analysis. We gave her a planning tool to proceed with, and we gave her the support of the board. ... We spent about 400 hours building that report.