Comments on: Educational mayhem http://knightindragonland.blogpeoria.com/2006/08/31/educational-mayhem/ Crossing the River Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:45:43 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: funkybill http://knightindragonland.blogpeoria.com/2006/08/31/educational-mayhem/comment-page-1/#comment-7181 funkybill Tue, 03 Apr 2007 18:04:12 +0000 http://knightindragonland.blogpeoria.com/2006/08/31/educational-mayhem/#comment-7181 Wow! What have I stepped into? I just started a job in Peoria last month and plan to move my family here in the summer. I am looking at school districts and I am reading about the turmoil in District 150. I also saw some posts about what a terrible fate it is to live in Peoria. Well, I'm here because there are no jobs in Indiana, so to me, Peoria looks pretty good. I do wonder how Hoosiers do it though. We have fine schools, excellent teachers but our property taxes are about 1/3 those in the Peoria area. Do we have more homeowners? Do we pay our teachers less? There is probably something that I'm missing. At any rate, I have to make a decision about what's best for my son's education. He doesn't need to deal with the turmoil. I feel a need to give my son the best education I can afford. I see that I have two options. I can buy a nice home at a fair price in central Peoria and take the money I save and send my son to Notre Dame High School. Or, I can move out to Dunlap or Metamora, pay big taxes and have a big commute. By the way Knight, my father lost the farm because he was inefficient and lacked any education past 6th grade. That's life and I try to talk about it without any bitterness. The only way I knew how to deal with that was to try to get out of there and get an education. Wow! What have I stepped into? I just started a job in Peoria last month and plan to move my family here in the summer. I am looking at school districts and I am reading about the turmoil in District 150. I also saw some posts about what a terrible fate it is to live in Peoria. Well, I’m here because there are no jobs in Indiana, so to me, Peoria looks pretty good. I do wonder how Hoosiers do it though. We have fine schools, excellent teachers but our property taxes are about 1/3 those in the Peoria area. Do we have more homeowners? Do we pay our teachers less? There is probably something that I’m missing. At any rate, I have to make a decision about what’s best for my son’s education. He doesn’t need to deal with the turmoil. I feel a need to give my son the best education I can afford. I see that I have two options. I can buy a nice home at a fair price in central Peoria and take the money I save and send my son to Notre Dame High School. Or, I can move out to Dunlap or Metamora, pay big taxes and have a big commute.

By the way Knight, my father lost the farm because he was inefficient and lacked any education past 6th grade. That’s life and I try to talk about it without any bitterness. The only way I knew how to deal with that was to try to get out of there and get an education.

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