08-12-2009, 07:12 AM
I agree Theater guy. Good thoughts. One thing I would like to throw in with regard to your comment about people not paying into income taxes. The schools get a big chunk of funding from property taxes. Every house, apatment, building ( except exempt churches, etc) have required property on it REGARDLESS of if school age kids live there. An 80 year old grandmother who has had no school age kids living with her for 60 years is STILL paying into the school tax fund. So where is all the money going? I think the money problem goes far beyond the number of students and who lives in district or not. I think we must first look at the management of the district and how money is budgeted. I think residentcy is important but it is not the issue that will save the schools. We need to start at the top with reform and move downward. In doing so it will be much easier to enact the small changes that will collectively change the district.