Right. Some of the worst districts spend the most money. But so do some of the best ones. There does not seem to be a direct correlation.Bill Call wrote: The underlying logic of the Ohio Supreme Court is that it is unfair for one district to spend more than another district. If that is the case at some point there will be a rationing of education dollars.
In the Obamanation as long as there is paper there will be money so maybe we should give up on the idea of local dollars and local control and just go with the flow.
On the other hand the worst districts in the country spend the most money. Where does that leave the argument that it is unfair for one district to spend more than another?
My point is, if the 10,000 people in Smartville decide they want to tax themselves extra to have 10 pupils per teacher or a Chinese program, how would you constiutionally stop them?
The people in Beachwood and Shaker are PROUD of their schools. For many of them they bought in those towns not for low taxes but for good schools. They dont mind paying for them and believe it adds to the value of their assets and they are probably right.
Lakewood is pretty much split 50-50 on how much it wants to spend on schools. So were totally average. You can give some backwoods disterict more but you cant make Beachwood spend less.