why does our government make schools too fancy, why can't there be standard school buildings?

Question

I've seen school buildings that don't look like school buildings, they look way too fancy and i'm sure there's the people living around there, the suckers, that flip the bill. If I lived in an area that didn't have great jobs, why build a school that costs so much money that I know I can't afford the school taxes on it. I've lived in Buffalo NY for a year now and I've seen taxes 8,000 to 10,000 and I'm sure there are very few good jobs here. There are plenty of tim hortons and mighty taco jobs here, but none that can flip 8 to 10 thousand a year in taxes. Something really crooked is going on here and I'll never buy a house here until taxes become sane again, like 1000 to 2000 a year.

Answer 1

You just hit on a problem without realizing it... = unbalanced funding. I am referring to how one school district will get say 20 million dollars while the one 2 counties over gets 100k.

This happens all the time and is completely determined by the power and pull of that districts representative... part of what is wrong with our government. There should be equal funding... all educational subsidies divided equally.

Answer 2

The vast majority of schools in this country have locally elected school boards that 1) establish the tax rate within the limits of state law; 2) approve designs and construction plans for new schools 3) review the needs of the district and establish long term plans for the building needs of the district.

Answer 3

Because our tax dollars are spent by people who don't necessarily know how or what schools need to function properly. Oh, and also, President Bush has diminished plenty of money that we could be spending on our schools, granted we weren't in this war.

Answer 4

Because they think if they throw a $h1t load of money into education, grades will improve...they don't realize the solution to failing education might require rethinking and restructuring the entire system altogether...They can't seem to accept that this generation of students is different than theirs was and, being the family value/ traditionalists, change scares them.

Answer 5

if they have the money-they have what $$ can buy. each district can do what they want with the funding provided by the gov.and
because we would be bored more than we are now. god save the Queen! the greatest thing to our life styles of the 21st century are 'on-line' schooling! thank you 'Bill Gates'!