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<dd>The school district would not identify its Sam Spade, except to say
he?s a former Greenwich police officer and that he is paid $15,000 a
year. He also does the shoe-leather sleuthing of confirming whether
students live where their leases and utility bills say they do. In the
2004-5 school year, Greenwich investigated 62 cases and found 20
intruders. Dr. John Curtin, assistant superintendent, told of one student
whose address was a golf course and who, upon inquiry, turned out to be
the child of a maintenance worker legitimately housed on the
greens.<br><br>

</dl>Lovely, isn't it? That's what I call real courage from the people
who can most afford it.<br><br>
Finally,
<a href="http://www.newstimes.com/opinion/edit.php?id=1011482";>there are
those who believe</a> that if this NCLB were funded fully, then their
woes would disappear:<br>

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<dd>What was not anticipated was the failure of the federal government to
provide promised financial aid to cover the costs of NCLB requirements.
Those costs, including substantial amounts for gathering and reporting
school test data, have put a new burden on local school budgets.<br><br>

</dl>Hellllooooooooo. All the money in the Federal treasury is not going
to help the majority of America's schools meet a demand that was known to
be impossible when it was shoved into NCLB legislation? Wake up,
America.<br><br>
Any politician running for office who is unwilling to support the repeal
of the 100% proficiency demand in NCLB deserves no votes. Saving public
education cannot be achieved without repealing, at least, this part of
the law that the privatizers will fight tooth and nail to keep
in.<br><br>
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