A comment about the much-discussed Warren County School District reorganization by an unnamed community leader caught out eye recently.

If the school board is interested in “keeping a bunch of people happy,”the board’s reconfiguration choice is easy, the official said.

It’s true. Keeping the current configuration will keep some people happy.

But it’s important to note that the status quo doesn’t keep everyone happy. Taxpayers paying for half-full buildings and wasted teacher prep time certainly aren’t happy.

As has been said in prior reports on public meetings, students who want additional electives that aren’t offered in their current school won’t be happy with the status quo.

Teachers who want to delve deeper into the topics they teach won’t be happy with a status quo that has them often overextended in terms of subject matter and preparation time.

The Warren County School District, as well as the rest of the community, finds itself in a difficult position. Our population is eroding like sand slipping through an hourglass.

Our ability to pay for the current number of schools in our county, similarly, isn’t what it once was. And while a campaign finance lawsuit promises more school funding for the poorest districts around the state, similar lawsuits have taken decades to implement — and not all districts see baskets of additional money delivered to their doorsteps.

That all means that we must change the way we provide education. We have to make better use of our buildings and our teachers to provide an education that prepares our students for college or a career in the workforce. Change must come.

The real decision we face is what that change will look like.