As the Armstrong-Ringsted Board of Education heard proposals for sharing feasibility studies Wednesday night, we need to give credit to one group in particular. The Armstrong-Ringsted Board of Education. The board took a good, hard look in every direction before narrowing its sharing or consolidation options down to North Kossuth and Sentral school districts. The proposals given Wednesday night were on the feasibility of the districts sharing their various assets. The A-R board solicited the opinions of the people who really count — parents of current students — in making its decision. While the results from a parent survey came in just under the wire when the board made its decision last Monday, it was the essential information the board needed. The next step is for all three boards — Armstrong-Ringsted, North Kossuth and Sentral — to work together in a productive and meaningful way to ensure the best quality education for the children of all three districts.