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Originally Posted by Kissy_Lissy

"I was simply making sure that YOU, Mr. Vinteren, had thought your ideas through thoroughly. I had concerns, as I was sure a few in the audience did, and I wanted to address them. So once more, thank you for addressing them," Ok, enough of this nonsense, he turned to Althea now. He wanted to hear more about this FOUNDATION.

"Miss Schirmer, you keep talking about this foundation that you are a part of. While it sounds very interesting and beneficial, I have never heard of it and was hoping you could give more specifics on how your foundation has BENEFITTED the school in recent years. As a former staff member and someone who has been observing the classes in the school for some time now, I find it concerning that this is the first I've heard of this foundation," he told her.

He braced himself, as he was SURE the former Charms professor would be reciting a novel to him in response to this one.

Althea looked over when Nolan addressed her, one brow raising slightly as she patiently listened to his question with a small smile on her face. Well. So this was why he had been bottom in the last debate. You'd think if you were going to ask such questions, trying to trap someone, that you'd do a little research first. Fancy a bookstore manager not knowing everything there was to know about everything ever. Stop the presses-- If Nolan Reynolds, retailer, hasn't heard of something, it surely can't exist. And to think she had thought him a respectable candidate until this moment. Still, she would answer him, simply because she didn't at all mind talking about the Foundation.

"The Fawley-Schirmer Foundation is not intended to benefit the school, it is intended to provide scholarships and training grants through Wizarding University, as well as Wizarding Organisations and Businesses for those career paths where Apprenticeships and Internships are preferable over Higher Learning and Degrees." She said with surprising patience but much like she was explaining something to a small child.

"It is a charity organisation primarily focused on those young witches and wizards who are disadvantaged in some way, perhaps monetarily, perhaps due to having different learning styles which effected their ability to perform well on standardized exams. Currently we have one-hundred-and-six students studying a variety of subjects at various Wizarding University campuses, including Montreal, Cairo, Mumbai, Salem, Athens, and St Petersburg, just to name a few. I'm not sure of the exact number of students off the top of my head that we fund in apprenticeships and internships but if you like, you can come to the Foundation offices, and I'd be happy to go over such things with you, as an interested party." She paused and eyed Nolan for a moment before adding, "And I'll send you a brochure."

You know, in case he needed more information.

As a concerned bookstore manager.