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writes:  Commissioner Shafer said,  "..."The county system had
50,000 students in 50 schools, the city had 100,000 students in
200 schools and a lot were only 35 percent full," Shafer said
"We can't continue to use that model. We just need to be smarter
about it..."  C'mon Commissioner,  You can start by not
overstating the number of students the county system NOW has
enrolled... they don't have 50,000 students, try 40,000!!!  Such
a difference of 10,000 students is very likely considering the
moves to out of county, to parochial and/or private schools. The
budget value of 10,000 students at between $8k and $11K exceeds
$100 million annually - less!