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To: Lane3 who wrote (169906)	6/15/2006 1:45:43 AM
From: Neeka	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Damn.......you got that right. I certainly don't hear or read much about positive support for public education, but rather I hear and read the criticism and complaints about this program or that program. That too much money if funneled towards infrastructure and not enough towards teaching, or teachers, or students, or supplies, or art, or math, or band, or science, or phys ed or, free lunches, or.... In other words, give us more money and....the people in the district I live in have overwhelmingly supported public school levies for as long as I've lived here, which is going on 30 yrs, and it is a very conservative area. I don't get what all the fuss is about. OK

To: Lane3 who wrote (169906)	6/15/2006 7:10:39 AM
From: ig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Funny, I'm down -- way down -- on public schools, but it feels more like a progressive position to me, not conservative. The public school system is the Establishment and has been for a long time, seems to me. It's primitive. It really needs to be changed.

To: Lane3 who wrote (169906)	6/15/2006 11:50:52 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793843

This is not exactly an endorsement of public schools. The religious right is very important to the conservatives. I think it's safe to say that the two often go hand in hand, and the word "many" seems not an exaggeration. 16.2million is hardly a small number and I don't think you can separate 'religious' from the conservative headcount. wtvm.com Southern Baptist leaders refuse to back public school pullout GREENSBORO, N.C. There will be no Southern Baptist exodus from the nation's public schools -- at least for now. Leaders of the nation's largest Protestant denomination refused yesterday to support a resolution urging the creation of an "exit strategy" for pulling Southern Baptist children from public schools. The resolution would have expressed favor for home schools or private Christian schools. The S-B-C's resolutions committee instead called on members to get involved by exerting "godly influence" on public schools, including running for seats on local school boards. Many of the nation's 16-point-two (m) million Southern Baptists are concerned about how classrooms are handling subjects such as homosexuality and "intelligent design." The group's annual meeting wrapped up yesterday in Greensboro, North Carolina. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.