Your business

I consider myself an intelligent American. I am a loyal Democrat, but not so much that I feel I'm wearing blue-colored glasses. I would be willing to predict that I would be labeled a conservative on a majority of issues (having said that, I've never seen a definition of liberal, conservative, radical, etc., that I've taken the time to decipher). Which brings me to my latest beef.
Just last night, the Omaha Public School Board passed a resolution saying that it wanted to take over schools in Millard and Ralston because they lie within the Omaha city boundary. I get highly annoyed when people can't leave well enough alone. A few months ago, the city voted to annex Elkhorn. I can understand why, but they came out in the media before letting Elkhorn residents or city officials know. The same thing happened last night. Neither Millard nor Ralston officials had any knowledge of their plans before it came across the 10 o'clock news (actually, the news media must have called them before the showing, but you get my drift).
If they want to take over the schools, that's fine. I don't teach in those districts, and, personally, I would quit if my school got taken over by OPS. I don't feel they do a good enough job with keeping in touch with the schools that they have. I feel that my district pushes it, and we only have 13 schools, as opposed to the 60+ that OPS has. Their ability to do so, although it will be challenged by Millard and Ralston, seems to be perfectly legal. Why does this not include Westside? A law enacted in 1947 (which will probably be referred to as the Westside Exception) says, to some effect, that if a school district that maintains a high school and is unincorporated at the time of annexation will remain separate. The Millard schools were part of the City of Millard (which was obviously not unincorporated) at the time of annexation, and Ralston High School will not be part of the takeover. The Westside Exception, which makes absolutely no sense if you look at it from Omaha's point of view (why would the city allow the exception except for their must have been some buddy-buddy agreement), obviously only applies to Westside.
My whole beef is the way that Omaha is handling it's dealings. Be it the school board or the city council, neither is acquiring PR points. If you want to flex your muscle and participate in an eastern Nebraska takeover, that's fine. But handle it in a professional way. Don't let the first blow be in the media. It would be a lot less controversial if you would fire a warning shot by letting the affecting people (i.e., Millard/Ralston school boards or Elkhorn city government) know ahead of time. If you consider yourself a professional organization, act like it.
But that's just a conservative speaking.