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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (43488)	10/21/2005 8:20:26 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 306849

"Course, as a direct result of the property tax savings, we have some of the crappiest schools and roads in the country, " But the antique school busses are so charming!

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (43488)	10/24/2005 11:20:56 PM
From: David Jones	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

>>>>Class sizes of 35 in California vs. sub-20s in the rest of the country have nothing to do with the quality of education here. And the lowest per-student funding in the country, vs. the highest cost of living, is immaterial also.<<<< That's hyperbole Lizzie. Last I read class sizes while may be considered high [28.6 average] but they're not 35. And don't believe a thing that comes out the teachers union [first or second LARGEST lobby in Sacramento] like per student spending. pacificresearch.org snip: When Governor Gray Davis signed the state budget, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that, "Although the amount spent per pupil will rise by $274 to $6,025, state spending remains far lower than the national average of $7,583 in the 1999-2000 school year."1 The state’s per-pupil spending figure, however, is misleading...... If one were instead to divide total 1999-00 K-12 revenues (which includes federal money, lottery money, and other funds) of $44.3 billion by the state’s average daily attendance of just under 5.6 million students, one would get a per-pupil funding figure of $7,937, nearly $2,000 higher than the CDE estimate.