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  • Six-year Plan for California School Construction Robs Students of Facilities, Cheats Taxpayers

    03/01/2004 10:34:12 AM PST · by NormsRevenge · 4 replies · 167+ views
    Hoover Dam, Empire State Building Constructed Faster than California SchoolsSAN FRANCISCO, CA - "Schools take six years or more to build in California, longer than a student's elementary education, and are as expensive as possible because of dated legislation and a bureaucratic quagmire, according to No Place to Learn: California's School Facilities Crisis, a new study by the Pacific Research Institute (PRI). "California students are not getting the facilities they need for a quality education," said author K. Lloyd Billingsley, editorial director at PRI. "The cause is an obsolete bureaucratic system better at enriching adults than serving the needs of...
  • Saved by the (School) Bell (CA bonds= jobs)

    12/15/2002 2:27:04 PM PST · by Mark · 439+ views
    Los Angeles Daily News ^ | 12/15/02 | Barbara Correa
    Saved by the (school) bell Passage of Measure K means construction professionals are now in great demand By Barbara Correa Staff Writer Saturday, December 14, 2002 - Southern California construction contractors are about to become some of the most sought-after employees in the region, thanks to voters passing a slew of local school bond issues in the midterm elections. With the passage Nov. 5 of a $3.35 billion school construction bond (Measure K) for the Los Angeles Unified School District to build 80 new schools, plus another $2 billion from a state bond issue (Proposition 47) to go toward repairs...