Here’s how it could work: Pass legislation creating a blue-ribbon commission with one year to investigate what the right number of school districts would be for the state should be. The commission would have the authority to look at every district in the state on the basis of its ability to educate students and do so efficiently. The leadership of the commission would need to be bipartisan and composed of people of undeniable public stature. The dream team of George Nigh and Frank Keating comes to mind. The membership would be broad and balanced, and there would be a lot of public hearings to allow everyone to make points. The end product would be a new map of smart-sized districts that the Legislature could debate and approve or reject, but not amend.