We've got an update on Guam congressional delegate James Moylan’s request to the secretary of defense to essentially merge Guam Department of Education and DoDEA students. Moylan this week told KUAM he has yet to get a response, but he is aware that talks are underway about the idea.

"We have heard conversations that a discussion has begun and that’s what we really wanted to do. The object of that was to start the discussion with the Department of Education and DODEA and see how we can build upon this. This is leverage we can use," he said.

"We are not saying take away DoDEA, we are saying just start the conversation. Because if it’s five or ten years from now, these are the future leaders of Guam and future employees of a private enterprise building their own enterprise or even joining the military to help our schools, unite our schools from facilities to curriculum and what’s wrong with that."

Moylan’s request included considering a five-year integration plan for the two education departments to ultimately better the school facilities and expand the number of educators.

As we reported, incoming Guam DOE superintendent Dr. Kenneth Swanson, who worked for DoDEA in the 1990s, is intrigued by the idea.