Although some of the 170 people who gathered in the Jefferson City High School cafeteria clearly favor building a second high school, few appeared to leave the meeting irate with Superintendent Brian Mitchell or the Jefferson City Board of Education, whose members by-and-large favor a single, new high school.
The forum-style meeting was a chance for listeners to hear more about the school board's plans to build a second high school east of Missouri 179 and sell the current Union Street campus. It also served as a chance for people who prefer a second high school - and other naysayers - to voice their questions and concerns.
But few chose to step to the microphone and vent their dismay.
Rod Burnett, spokesman for "Citizens for Two Public High Schools, struck a conciliatory tone.
"We want a solution. We want something to pass," he said.