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Sharon Crews: Second question–do religious schools pay property taxes?
Sharon Crews: C.J., am I wrong in assuming that many Peoriaarea churches, also, contribute to the operation of Peoria...
Sharon Crews: Jon, what comes out of the education fund–instructional and operational?? Emtronics, count me in...
charlie: nevermind
Jon: CJ – don’t add instructional costs and operational costs together. Instructional costs are already...
Dennis in Peoria: Got back about 4:15 from the groundbreaking. Interestingly, the words “IMAX” or...
Emtronics: Charlie sez: “They go to keep their kids away from “them”. ” I say: EXACTLY!!! In the 60s when...
New Voice: Ben, Don’t forget that the IMAX fiasco is only part of the problem. It is difficult to find anything...
Sharon Crews: I am a bit of a cynic, too, so I agree with Charlie about the motivation to go to a more...
Sharon Crews: Why do teachers have to buy their own classroom supplies? Why do parents have to do fundraisers to buy...
Paul O'Donnell: The G.I. Bill when I returned from Vietnam was a huge success. That was a voucher system. The public...
charlie: Hillsdale receives no federal finds (vouchers) because they discriminate based on race and other criteria. I...
charlie: Let me quote Willian Hawley Smith, The Evolution of Dodd, 1884 “The system has largely lost sight of...
C. J. Summers: According to the Interactive Illinois Report Card (IIRC) for District 150, “instructional...
average teacher: charlie, what you are saying is essentially make all schools public and force all schools to only...