Yes, clearly it is the proximity to the city that is the draw, while here it is proximity to the ocean. The question that I was asking was... What finally made the school system turn around and start putting up some decent #s. According to this article, Hoboken is still in the Abbott Program and most of the students who attend public school are poor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/12/nyregion/12jersey.html? ref=education --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "fancypaaantz" <fancypaaantz@> wrote: > > > > Hoboken was pretty bad too, until recently. I wonder what happened > > in Hoboken to finally turn things around in the school. Anyone know? > > As Ho? Or did something else happen? > > > > > > Yea - look across the harbor. someone realized that new york is 10 minutes away. It did > happen in 1985. All my friends rented these giant warehouse apartments - unfinished. Put > up basketball courts etc. A couole guys bought a dive bar. > > Me, in 1985 I got married. > > There was another guy in the 80's who started in hoboken - Dean Geibel. It was an > opportunity to take - a risk. > > Also, hobo has business, new and renovated housing, is MINUTES not hours from NYC, a > commuter dream and MONEY MONEY MONEY. > Those damn young and old carpetbaggers. > > If you collect taxes, have a tax base - you don't need STATE and FED funds to run a school > system. > 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/
