Re: Schools and nukes.

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

The issue I was raising with schools within the boundaries of a 
nuclear plant was to address the fact that there is and has not been 
any increase in any cancer rates or other illness. The fact that test 
scores may be higher has nothing to do with the nuclear exposure, but 
rather to the families these kids come from. I don't think we should 
be making a correlation to radiation exposure and test scores. If 
there were a study listing the test scores of every community where 
there is a school near a plant, I would expect that we'd see a wide 
variation of results. The conclusion to be reached is that in some 
school districts, the facilities, the teachers, the curriculum, the 
family support and the students happen to be better prepared to take 
tests.

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