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<blockquote data-quote="Lammie" data-source="post: 592157" data-attributes="member: 3306"><p>It won't come out of my property taxes, Jo. I don't live in the district. When kids ask me, as they do sometimes, why my son does not attend school where I work, I tell them it is because his friends are in Alvarado and he's been there since fourth grade, which is true enough. The other, real reason is because Alvarado is a better school district and I want him to stay there. Not that there is any less strife where he is, but it is the devil I know. </p><p></p><p>My property taxes went down slightly this year. I still think they are stupid high, but there it is. Alvarado is property poor, too, but we get a lot more shale money, owing to the fact that there are huge deposits beneath our schools and we are reaping the benefits of royalty money. It still won't make our test scores higher, our teams better or our administrators any more qualified. You really can't pour money on a thing and make it better, but it sure does help. Our district is not yet a victim of the sprawling of Dallas suburbs, and the district where I work is. Black families from De Soto and Duncanville are fleeing if they can, looking for fewer gangs and less crime, but they bring their problems with them. </p><p></p><p>I am keeping open to the possibility of getting while the getting's good. Our population in Alvarado is growing, but our student population is declining. I don't know what that means.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lammie, post: 592157, member: 3306"] It won't come out of my property taxes, Jo. I don't live in the district. When kids ask me, as they do sometimes, why my son does not attend school where I work, I tell them it is because his friends are in Alvarado and he's been there since fourth grade, which is true enough. The other, real reason is because Alvarado is a better school district and I want him to stay there. Not that there is any less strife where he is, but it is the devil I know. My property taxes went down slightly this year. I still think they are stupid high, but there it is. Alvarado is property poor, too, but we get a lot more shale money, owing to the fact that there are huge deposits beneath our schools and we are reaping the benefits of royalty money. It still won't make our test scores higher, our teams better or our administrators any more qualified. You really can't pour money on a thing and make it better, but it sure does help. Our district is not yet a victim of the sprawling of Dallas suburbs, and the district where I work is. Black families from De Soto and Duncanville are fleeing if they can, looking for fewer gangs and less crime, but they bring their problems with them. I am keeping open to the possibility of getting while the getting's good. Our population in Alvarado is growing, but our student population is declining. I don't know what that means. [/QUOTE]
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