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To: Constant Reader who wrote (116994)	12/16/2000 4:30:41 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<Are there any statistics about the performance of those children? >> Average for the state, a hair higher than the national. <<How many go on to college?>> I'd say probably more than the national average. Then again we have a population of 90,000 and have two universities, one state, and two colleges, both of which are publicly funded and almost free for those living in the county. <<What is the dropout rate? >> Higher than it used to be. Drugs and gangs play a role in that. <<What is the tax rate for schools (if property taxes are used)? >> My house is worth 170k and the amount that goes to the schools is $2120, the other $1,400 goes for roads, police, fire.... Roads are #2, we have a lot of freeze thaw cycles and the heavy trucks and equipment used in farming tear them up.

To: Constant Reader who wrote (116994)	12/17/2000 12:09:36 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<What is the tax rate for schools (if property taxes are used)? >> To elaborate on what we were talking about yesterday, an article in today's paper mentioned we have the 11th highest rate in the nation on property taxes for schools. A friend's son is in high school wanting to become an engineer. They showed the class how to do square roots with a calculator. The boy mentioned it to his dad and his dad showed him how to do them with a pencil and paper. The father was called into the school and given the start of an ass chewing for that. He walked out.