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To: Katelew who wrote (103597)	2/9/2009 11:38:06 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Respond to of 542009

I start with the premise we are at peak oil, and don't need more roads. Fix what is dangerous, like the bridges, but that's it. Put that money into mass transit and conversion of our rail system to electricity.

To: Katelew who wrote (103597)	2/9/2009 1:14:22 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542009

Should we be commiting massive resources to building schools and even some of the proposed infrastructure in the face of this demographic? Kate, the schools I knew best when I lived in Chicago were all built in the first two or three decades of the 20th century. Some were well built and still in good shape. Others weren't and aren't. But even the ones that are still in good physical condition couldn't, for example, be easily upgraded for modern equipment. And they were often built for between one and two thousand children--built on the factory model that tried to gain the efficiencies and economies of scale in everything, including schools. Today, the evidence says that smaller schools are better, especially for younger children, but even for high schools. Many places need new schools. It has never made sense to me that schools and teachers are seen as a cost to be minimized rather than an investment to be honored and cherished. An investment that is crucial to our well being.