Comparative Law & Vourchers

[Alan Gunn]

In message Fri, 13 Feb 1998 13:53:19 EST,
  Jim Maule <MAULE.Prof.Law at LAW.VILL.EDU>  writes (in part):

> Seriously, you're right. Most of the public revenue pressure comes
> from needs to fund Taj Ma, uh, public school building projects (in
> contrast to curriculum and "soft" expenses).
>
  Don't forget sports. My property taxes help support the largest public
high school in Indiana. It has won the state football championship two years
running (which earned it a commendation from the County Council). That's
because it's so big: proposals for a second high school in the district
always meet with complaints that the talent pool will be split.  Its
principal is also an advocate of educational reform: the abolition of honors
and AP classes, which he says aren't "fair" because some kids can't get into
them. I vote against school bond issues, too.
  Of course, I may be biased by being on the faculty of a university that
has de-emphasized football in recent years.

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