[TheForge] nuke plants and other thoughts OT: POL:

[K Mayer]

>Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:23:04 -0500 (CDT)
>From: "terry l. ridder" <terrylr at blauedonau.com>
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>Byron and Dresden were built in the middle of nowhere when they were
>built. nothing but cows and farmland around them. now people being
>really really stupid moved right next to those nukes. why you may ask.
>those plants pay megabucks in property taxes and the small rural school
>districts suddenly had megabucks to spend on schools and students.
>
>why spend $3,500.00 USD per student per year when you can spend $7,000.00
>USD per student per year. after all the more spent per student equated
>to better educated students. ( that is not my thinking that is the
>common denominator thought in the state of illinois. the chicago public
>school system could spend $10,000.00 USD per year on each student and
>the results would not be any better than they are now. ) more money does
>not equate or mean better education.

As is evident in the City of Asbury Park, New Jersey.  The school district is currently spending ~$34,000 per student per year.  The high school graduation rate is still well under 50%.  The New Jersey Supreme Court decided that Asbury Park and a number of other "poor" districts (mostly the large cities) needed more money to improve the education they provide.  The statewide average is ~$17,000 per student per year.  And just today the court decided that despite state government being broke, the state must continue to throw full funding at these and other school districts.

Ken
:-)