You got my point exactly right, Oak. The district was naturally diversified by natural geograpghy for almost 100 years.
Then government intervened and segregated it by race and socio- economic class. I will credit Randy Bergmann of the AP Press for giving the issue some coverage in editorial, but that paper should do a hell of alot more on the issue. I've proven completely ineffective. --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "asburycouple" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think regionalization of the school districts makes alot of sense. > But surrounding towns would have to choose between paying a greater > tax burden to support the AP schools seperately as they do or > integrating the AP school district into their own. Forced to make > that decision I wonder which one the surrounding towns would prefer. > This touches on something that Tom has been talking about for quite > some time - the segregation of AP schools through a systematic > withdrawl of students from other towns that are supposed to be part > of the overall district (I think I got that close to your point > atleast, didn't I Tom). > > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Jennifer" <jennifernjca@> > wrote: > > > > More statistical wonking - state funding by school district is > > available online at NJ Dept. of Education's website. Here's the > link > > for Asbury Park http://www.state.nj.us/cgi- > > bin/education/stateaid/07/stateaid_cb2.pl. The total was > $58,127,605 > > for 2006-07 and on the site it breaks down the amounts by different > > categories. Just for comparison, in Ocean Township the state aid > > amount was $9,333,647 and in Neptune $37,376,138. Neptune is also > an > > Abbott District. Keansburg and Long Branch are the other two in > > Monmouth County. The list of current Abbotts is at > > http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl? > > string=code&maxhits=100. If anyone wants to know more about Abbott > > the DOE has a webpage for it http://www.nj.gov/education/abbotts/ > > > > > > The way I understand Abbott is that districts that are funded > benefit > > overall from lower property taxes. Point Pleasant has been saying > > that if they received the state average of 41% that residents would > > have a decrease of 25% in their taxes. > > > > Maybe what NJ needs is more regionalized school districts? That is > > the way it used to be. > > Jennifer > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
