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To: Ish who wrote (116993)	12/16/2000 4:12:29 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Are there any statistics about the performance of those children? How many go on to college? How do they compare in standardized tests at different grade levels? What is the dropout rate? What is the tax rate for schools (if property taxes are used)?

To: Ish who wrote (116993)	12/16/2000 4:24:23 PM
From: Sedohr Nod	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

The school here spends in the neighborhood of 8k per student. I could understand it if every kid did have a computer, but I fear it is pretty hard to see where the money goes by looking in the class room. They did have the money to spend a million dollars or so suing the largest tax payer in a fruitless case. The school is a failure on many fronts.

To: Ish who wrote (116993)	12/17/2000 12:12:06 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Oh man, Ish. Have you ever gotten lost in the woods!!!!??? I just got in from a harrowing experience. I went out in the rain to still hunt. Upon reaching the field I discovered my compass was not in my pack, where it always is (dumb mistake #1). One of my kids had hung the thing on the Christmas tree! I had left my GPS (Dumb mistake #2) It was removed from my pack by the same son! I decided to walk into the woods anyway ( a new, unfamiliar place - Dumb mistake #3). I stay in until dark, as usual. But a very thick fog came in and I could hardly see a thing. Then my flashlight died. (Batteries had been exhausted by the same ^#&$*$ son!!) I ambled around in the dark for ages. I finally heard a creek to my left and followed it to God Only Knows Where. I finally got to a road and to make a long story short, got to my car. That did not feel very good. Needless to say, I got skunked again. Time for bed.