Re: Schools and nukes.

["D. Kosloff" <dkosloff@ncweb.com>]

I agree that the money is a factor, but I have seen information on money and
education presented two different ways.  One type of presentation comes from
people who want more money for schools in general, who want a communist form
of school funding (as in Michigan and soon Ohio),  who want more money for
their district or who want an excuse for poor performance.  I think they use
the Sternglass methodology.

Whenever I have seen comphrensive presentations of school spending vs
student performance, the correlation becomes much less clear.   Here in
Perry people have clearly been moving close to the reactor for the schools
but I don't think the same thing has happened at more remote sites like
Monticello and Davis-Besse.

Thanks
Don Kosloff dkosloff@ncweb.com
2910 Main St. Perry OH 44081-9593

----- Original Message -----
From: <Glen.Vickers@ucm.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 9:08 AM
Subject: RE: Schools and nukes.


> The reason kids near nuclear power plants might do better in school
probably
> has more to do with the fact that the local school districts reap large
sums
> of money from taxes paid on the local power plant.  I can't imagine the
> taxes we pay for our 5 billion dollar facility.  The school near our power
> plant has been under continuous expansion for several years and probably
> won't start any time soon.  The facilities at some of these local schools
is
> better than many universities.  When people buy homes in the area, they
try
> to make sure they get close enough to the power plant to get into the good
> school district.  There is a distinct positive impact of a power plant
upon
> a local community.
>
> I wouldn't be suprised if the smoking rate is lower due to such a good
> positive environment.  However, it could be that a little Xe-133 is
> supresses the urge to smoke.  Perhaps Xe-133 enhances synaptic discharges
> and increases the probability that more kids will graduate and want to go
to
> college.
>
> Glen Vickers
> glen.vickers@ucm.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: D. Kosloff [SMTP:dkosloff@ncweb.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 7:19 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Schools and nukes.
> >
> > There is a big elementary school about two miles from the Monticello BWR
> > plant, about half way between the plant and the town of Monticello.  It
> > was built several years after the plant started up.  Here in Perry we
just
> > finished building a new high school and elementary school about 2 miles
> > from the Perry BWR Plant.  Before that the schools were a few hundred
yards
> > farther away from the plant.  For many years the Perry students have
> > substantially outperformed the rest of the state and nation on
> > standardized tests.


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