Close BEST schools? Girl's school was closed & today she PROTESTED BUSH!

[jackstraw45]

I'm guessing this girl went to Briscoe Elementary until it closed in June of 2004.


Stephanie White, 9, of Ashland, Ore., protests before the start of President Bush (news - web sites)'s rally at the Jackson County Expo in Central Point, Ore. Thursday, Oct. 14, 2004.

http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2003/1231/local/stories/15local.htm

Budget woes and declining enrollment also forced Ashland to close its 53-year-old Briscoe Elementary School in June.

http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/commsrvs/educationfunding_03.pdf

Meanwhile, according to an April 2004 state report linked above, Briscoe Elementary had the HIGHEST percentage of 3rd graders reading at the benchmark level - 95% (page 4). It also had one of the lowest costs per pupil.

from page 7 in the report:

"the costs of implementing provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) are uncertain. Although some states have attempted to quantify these costs, Oregon has not. In the President’s recently proposed budget for 2005, Oregon’s Title 1 funding would increase by about 8%, but it is not known if this amount is sufficient to fund No Child Left Behind."

Closing the best schools while not funding No Child Left Behind?

Great education plan, Dim-Son.

[meow2u3]

1. Is Bush going to start arresting little kids for dissent?

I wouldn't put it past that rat bastard!