Neighborhood schools are keeping families in Portland. My husband can walk our daughter to school, then take the bus downtown. We can walk to the park, the pool, the library, and that's repeated all over town. I just hope people don't vote with their feet.

There have been times that it was very hard to do it, but I just had to believe and didn't give up and He saw me through it.

I have learned more than they have, because I had to study so hard. And I think, it's peace that you get when you become a Christian and you can put your trust in God.