[zerosix]

Yes, KC's that school. Judge Clark, ordered the entire State of MO to cough up tax dollars to pay for "reasons of discrimination until reasons for discrimination no longer existed."

Taxation went on for at least a decade and many families that lived near KS State Line, moved out of MO entirely to avoid excessive taxation.

KCMO School District went on a spending spree that, to this day, defies belief, i.e. Computer labs that make many large companies jealous, except computers disappeared or no one knew how to install or operate; French magnet schools taught exclusively in French(?????); School specializing in the Performing Arts; on and on.

Unfortunately the reason for KC's miserable performance was not replaced: the administration and most of the Union teachers!

School system no longer is accredited or on probation now, schools that resemble collapsed public housing, on and on.

The KCMO public school enrollment no longer supports as many schools, many schools are in such disrepair that it is not cost-effective to inhabit.

Proving yet again that throwing billions at a problem will not solve that problem - especially if it is public education.

[mrsmel]

And their class sizes were no larger than 25 students at most, unbelievable that with those kinds of resources (from a blackmailed tax base, at that), they still couldn't raise scores.