The school money is being eaten by the teacher's union: 85% of school money pays admin and union fees.  When left to a vote, in a proposa to add a temporary sales tax of 1/2 of a penny to help the schools, the voters rejected it, by a majority.  That was pretty stupid and short sighted.  Look around the country to see what real price we pay for an uneducated public, and locally it matters because major businesses have a choice where they relocate. Not everyone is waiting in line to come to Eugene for example both Microsoft and Google opened campuses in Madison Wisconsin http://wtnnews.com/articles/4715/

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