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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You’re right, Dan.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Paradise Creek regional School is part of
the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School District</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><a
href="http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/inside/insidemsd.htm">http://www.sd281.k12.id.us/inside/insidemsd.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I guess then that we can count on Donovan
Arnold to campaign for passage of the levy, right? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>Seeya round town, <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<br>
<br>
Tom Hansen<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Moscow</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State></st1:place><br>
<br>
"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
<br>
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Dan Carscallen<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 11, 2007
6:14 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Vision2020] School
Levy Unfair to Poorer Students</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>Paradise
Creek Alt school is part of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Moscow</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School District</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, last
time I heard.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=maroon face="Comic Sans MS"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'>DC<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:maroon'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Donovan Arnold<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Sunday, November 11, 2007
5:38 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> vision2020@moscow.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] School Levy
Unfair to Poorer Students</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>I believe that the current school levy funding
ignoring vocational students needs is highly discriminatory. If you
don't agree me, perhaps these statistics will change your mind. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Who in your opinion needs more support from the
community?:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1 style='margin-left:.5in'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font
size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Paradise</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Creek</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Regional</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Alt</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Rank #102<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Total Students(2005 - 2006*): 32<br>
Fulltime teachers: 1.5<br>
Student/Teacher Ratio: 21.3<br>
Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 16 ( 50 %)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Am. Indian/Alaska Native: 1 ( 3 %)<br>
Asian/Pacific Islander: 0 ( 0 %)<br>
Hispanic: 2 ( 6 %)<br>
African American: 1 ( 3 %)<br>
White: 28 ( 88 %)<br>
Unspecified: 0 ( 0 %)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>OR<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<h1 style='margin-left:.5in'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><b><font
size=6 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>Moscow</span></font></b></st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Senior High School</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></h1>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Ranks 11th in state <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Total Students(2005 - 2006*): 603<br>
Fulltime teachers: 34.5<br>
Student/Teacher Ratio: 17.5<br>
Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 102 ( 17 %)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Am. Indian/Alaska Native: 10 ( 2 %)<br>
Asian/Pacific Islander: 16 ( 3 %)<br>
Hispanic: 18 ( 3 %)<br>
African American: 10 ( 2 %)<br>
White: 549 ( 91 %)<br>
Unspecified: 0 ( 0 %)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>It seems like it is a common pattern to better fund
those with the greatest advantage to began with. Why is it too much to ask that
the MSD promise to allocate more funding so the kids that cannot afford lunch
get the same opportunities in a public education system as kids that can afford
to buy lunch everyday?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Donovan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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