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D150 Analysis and Recommendation regarding Woodruff

I don’t have the graphs and figures referred to in this document, but I do have the main text. This is the document that was given to the District 150 school board to support the administration’s recommendation to convert Woodruff High School to a grade school:

Narrative Summary on
High School Repurposing Analysis

Staff of PSA-Dewberry were [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Peoria Public Schools | 106 comments

Debt service: $18,738,827

I went to a recent budget open house for the City of Peoria, and this graph caught my attention:

Our budget deficit is approximately $10 million. Our debt service (the amount we pay on principal and interest per year) is nearly $19 million. That debt service includes money borrowed for the recent Civic Center [...]

July 20th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: City of Peoria | 10 comments