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We are not certain that the steps above are how the ornamentalist constructed the heptagon, but
this technique gets one within an error of about 2%. We have discussed making a short movie of the
construction in a bold attempt to upgrade the content of YouTube. At the moment, you, gentle
reader, are entitled to ask of what use is the reverse engineering of one design element of one
mosque in Cairo when the Oakland Unified School District Board has imposed a contract and
teachers there have scheduled a strike April 29th? Ah! So glad you asked. We are very fond of trying
to predict the consequences of policies and strategies.  That does not always mean our audiences
choose to believe or heed the numbers.  Inspired by the innovation of a gentle geometer who clearly
did not lack considerable courage and creativity, we have developed seven possible strategies for
school districts like Oakland Unified.