Having now experienced elementary schools in Florida, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, I have one question. WHY DO LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS SUCK SO BAD?
Why do they need to continually cut the budget there? Property values doubled and tripled over a decade, which increases property tax revenues which fund schools. Property values in LA by and large are well above 2000 levels.
It is not prop 13 to blame. Far too many properties resold to blame that. My former property in Eagle Rock had a tax bill of 6999.00.
On the other side, in Las Vegas, my children attend an excellent public school. In LV, I bought a property for a price last seen in 1980. Property taxes are about 778 a year. That's about one tenth of what I used to pay in Eagle Rock, part of Los Angeles.
In Eagle Rock they gave the parents a choice between a school nurse or a librarian. Class size was often 32 kids.
In Las Vegas one kid is in a class of 18, the other has 24. School has a nurse, librarian, art and gym. Music sometimes also.
My property tax bill and quality of school is amazing in LV compared to the nasty schools in LA.
I still commute back for work but I just dont get the math.
Just sharing some thoughts on the discrepancies of tax dollars equaling better education.
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Having now experienced elementary schools in Florida, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, I have one question. WHY DO LOS ANGELES SCHOOLS SUCK SO BAD?
Why do they need to continually cut the budget there? Property values doubled and tripled over a decade, which increases property tax revenues which fund schools. Property values in LA by and large are well above 2000 levels.
It is not prop 13 to blame. Far too many properties resold to blame that. My former property in Eagle Rock had a tax bill of 6999.00.
On the other side, in Las Vegas, my children attend an excellent public school. In LV, I bought a property for a price last seen in 1980. Property taxes are about 778 a year. That's about one tenth of what I used to pay in Eagle Rock, part of Los Angeles.
In Eagle Rock they gave the parents a choice between a school nurse or a librarian. Class size was often 32 kids.
In Las Vegas one kid is in a class of 18, the other has 24. School has a nurse, librarian, art and gym. Music sometimes also.
My property tax bill and quality of school is amazing in LV compared to the nasty schools in LA.
I still commute back for work but I just dont get the math.
Just sharing some thoughts on the discrepancies of tax dollars equaling better education.