[Ahban]

Even though I hate big government, I am on the fence on this one. It takes about 3 years in my state from the time a new home is sold to the time when the proerty tax is given to the school district. That does not matter when things are stable, but we are experiencing a period of rapid growth. We have the students for 3 years before we have the money to build classrooms for them!

[Chad Fairbanks]

We have the students for 3 years before we have the money to build classrooms for them!

Well, maybe the school districts need to look at ways they can cut costs. I'm sure that, just like anywhere else, there is plenty of wasteful spending that could be reined in...

[Leisler]

A. Why 3 years?
B. Tough.
C. Did you ever hear of a bond?
D. When times get fat, you think they'll lower the tax? Sucker.

[metesky]

What is the teacher/student ratio?

[rollo tomasi]

Why does it take millions of $$$ to build schools to educate children? Communities are building these multi-million dollar "Cathedrals" posing as places of education and we the tax payers are getting bad results. We should expect a high level of output considering the amount of $$$ being ALREADY pumped into education.

I send my two kids to a private instituion. I pay about $6,000 less than the average State educated student cost. Why is that?

[gitmo]

So you district needs to correct the situation and get the money when it becomes available. There are taxes on new development to cover the additional cost of the new kids, new cars, etc. Why in the world should we raise everyone's taxes because a new family moved into the area. We should lower taxes when a new family moves in, because the cost per person has gone down.