Comments on: Glen Lake Board Member on School Funding http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/ News, Weather, Events & Photos from Leelanau County & Northern Michigan Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Andrew McFarlane http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/#comment-39 Andrew McFarlane Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:38:23 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/#comment-39 James, you're actually incorrect. Like Birmingham, Glen Lake is a net exporter of school aid moneys. Under Proposal A, a district CANNOT raise millage rates and increase school revenues. It all goes to the state and then is given back according to the foundation grant. If it were the case that districts were allowed to assess supplemental millages, that would work very well for a district like Glen Lake. James, you're actually incorrect. Like Birmingham, Glen Lake is a net exporter of school aid moneys.

Under Proposal A, a district CANNOT raise millage rates and increase school revenues. It all goes to the state and then is given back according to the foundation grant. If it were the case that districts were allowed to assess supplemental millages, that would work very well for a district like Glen Lake.

]]> By: jamesm1 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/#comment-38 jamesm1 Sun, 04 Jun 2006 15:06:46 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/#comment-38 Consider this...if Jeff wants to educate his children at the same spending levels of the Birmingham schools he is free to move to Birmingham. Those parents sacrifice much to afford to live where their kids get a top notch public education and the good schools have driven up the cost of housing in Birmingham. Its the price people are willing to pay! Is Glen expecting the parents in Birmingham to write a personal check to pay for his kids education. Oops, I forgot, they already do! Birmingham property taxes are more than double what Glen Lakes are, and assessed values are huge. You can compare at the State's web site. For example, a homesteaded property valued at $100,000 pays $4,405 per year in Birmingham vice $1783 in Glen Lake. This example doesn't even consider the astonomical premium Birmingham residents pay for housing. You want more dollars for education, start by doubling YOUR own property taxes. My guess is that Birmingham residents ALREADY pay thousands of dollars towards underwriting the cost of educating Glen Lake and many other of the rest of State's students. What Glen is really asking for is for Birmingham residents to pay even MORE of the cost of educating YOUR kids. I say, if the grass is so much greener in Birmingham - then move. But don't sit in Glen Arbor and expect "others" to pay MORE for YOUR kids education. You chose where you wanted to live and are already getting more than your fair share of other people's money The system is unfair...but its communities like Birmingham that are the ones getting the shaft - not Glen Lake. Consider this...if Jeff wants to educate his children at the same spending levels of the
Birmingham schools he is free to move to Birmingham. Those parents sacrifice much
to afford to live where their kids get a top notch public education and the good schools
have driven up the cost of housing in Birmingham. Its the price people are willing to pay!

Is Glen expecting the parents in Birmingham to write a personal check to pay
for his kids education. Oops, I forgot, they already do!

Birmingham property taxes are more than double what Glen Lakes are,
and assessed values are huge. You can compare at the State's web site.
For example, a homesteaded property valued at $100,000 pays $4,405 per year in Birmingham
vice $1783 in Glen Lake. This example doesn't even consider the astonomical premium
Birmingham residents pay for housing.
You want more dollars for education, start by doubling YOUR own property taxes.
My guess is that Birmingham residents ALREADY pay thousands of dollars towards
underwriting the cost of educating Glen Lake and many other of the rest of State's students.
What Glen is really asking for is for Birmingham residents to pay even MORE
of the cost of educating YOUR kids.
I say, if the grass is so much greener in Birmingham - then move. But don't sit in
Glen Arbor and expect "others" to pay MORE for YOUR kids education.
You chose where you wanted to live and are already getting more than your fair share of
other people's money

The system is unfair...but its communities like Birmingham that are the ones
getting the shaft - not Glen Lake.

]]> By: Traverse http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/#comment-31 Traverse Wed, 24 May 2006 19:34:38 +0000 http://www.leelanau.com/blog/glen-lake-board-member-on-school-funding/#comment-31 What is the correlation between dollars spent on students and student achievement? I have read that the highest performing students on the college boards (ACT and/or SAT) were from the northern tier midwestern states like Minnesota, North Dakota, etc. If so, it suggests that the amount spent on each student is not as important as the family and culture they grow up in. It is not just a question of dollars spent. What is the correlation between dollars spent on students and student
achievement? I have read that the highest performing students on the
college boards (ACT and/or SAT) were from the northern tier midwestern
states like Minnesota, North Dakota, etc. If so, it suggests that the
amount spent on each student is not as important as the family and
culture they grow up in. It is not just a question of dollars spent.

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