They cautioned, however, that it will be essential to maintain a focus on equality and the well-being of people and the environment. We will see the attitude that the river is to be used, not just to be crossed. This region will be virtually self-sufficient and consequently able to satisfy the diverse demands of different sectors of its economy. We believe that we will have a cultural mixture which will affect our language, art, customs, and other facets of both cultures. Participants at all the meetings described La Frontera in the next century as an economically and culturally diverse, dynamic, and cosmopolitan region.
All groups perceive technology as increasingly important both to the economy and to education.
Participants described an open, multicultural society in which bilingualism is an essential skill. There will be a continuing concern for equality and individual well-being. The quality of the school systems on both sides of the border would be equal. Open the school from its isolated condition and engage it with the life of the community on both sides of the border. We conceive education as an effective means for equalization, mobilization, and transformation.