Comments for HoosierAccess http://hoosieraccess.com HoosierAccess.com Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:29:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on The Real Cost of Education ~ An Expose’ by Joel Harris http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/19/the-real-cost-of-education-an-expose/comment-page-1/#comment-22957 Joel Harris Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:29:35 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5111#comment-22957 Thanks for the link Kristee. It inspired me and I wandered over to my school district (ok, my school district if I let my kids go there), Carmel-Clay Schools. Fortunately their budget numbers are relatively easy to find: http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/district/business-affairs/budget It reports that the 2010 budget (including all funds) is about $138.7 million. The bigger challenge was finding the number of students. I found one estimate of 14,517 students and another at 14,680 students. http://www.publicschoolreview.com/agency_schools/leaid/1801200/ http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/indiana/district/carmel-clay-schools-school-district/ The math works out to somewhere between $9,449 and $9,555 per student. Not as bad as some districts. As a point of comparison: Heritage Christian School - $9,130 tuition/yr (High School) Indianapolis Christian School - $4,464/yr Cardinal Ritter - $6,600 to $9,375 / yr International School of Indiana - $14,250 (High School) The Independence Academy (Autism School) - $11,000 Thanks for the link Kristee. It inspired me and I wandered over to my school district (ok, my school district if I let my kids go there), Carmel-Clay Schools. Fortunately their budget numbers are relatively easy to find:

http://www1.ccs.k12.in.us/district/business-affairs/budget

It reports that the 2010 budget (including all funds) is about $138.7 million.

The bigger challenge was finding the number of students. I found one estimate of 14,517 students and another at 14,680 students.

http://www.publicschoolreview.com/agency_schools/leaid/1801200/
http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/indiana/district/carmel-clay-schools-school-district/

The math works out to somewhere between $9,449 and $9,555 per student. Not as bad as some districts.

As a point of comparison:
Heritage Christian School – $9,130 tuition/yr (High School)
Indianapolis Christian School – $4,464/yr
Cardinal Ritter – $6,600 to $9,375 / yr
International School of Indiana – $14,250 (High School)
The Independence Academy (Autism School) – $11,000

]]> Comment on **Update** DC Health Care Rally March 20 by Joel Harris http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/18/dc-health-care-rally-march-20/comment-page-1/#comment-22955 Joel Harris Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:11:30 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5102#comment-22955 I guess what I mean to say in the above comment: the entirety of this crappy bill may fall on the way that Rep. Brad Ellsworth votes. This is not a situation where only people in his district should contact him--he wants to run to represent the state. I have contacted him. I think everyone reading this should do so as well. I guess what I mean to say in the above comment: the entirety of this crappy bill may fall on the way that Rep. Brad Ellsworth votes. This is not a situation where only people in his district should contact him–he wants to run to represent the state.

I have contacted him. I think everyone reading this should do so as well.

]]> Comment on **Update** DC Health Care Rally March 20 by Joel Harris http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/18/dc-health-care-rally-march-20/comment-page-1/#comment-22954 Joel Harris Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:43:29 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5102#comment-22954 The Hill has a Whip count on Health Care bill. A couple of updates in the last day or so regarding Indiana representatives: 1. Baron Hill has decided that he doesn't care if he returns to Washington and has told the LA Times that he is "leaning yes" on the Health Care bill noting the numbers from the CBO. 2. Brad Ellsworth missed the vote on the 18th regarding the GOP resolution condemning the "deem and pass" strategy. The Hill sees this as troubling for Democrats. I think that his Senate aspirations make this a very difficult decision for him. http://thehill.com/homenews/house/85693-whip-watch-the-hills-survey-of-house-dems-positions-on-healthcare The Hill has a Whip count on Health Care bill. A couple of updates in the last day or so regarding Indiana representatives:

1. Baron Hill has decided that he doesn’t care if he returns to Washington and has told the LA Times that he is “leaning yes” on the Health Care bill noting the numbers from the CBO.

2. Brad Ellsworth missed the vote on the 18th regarding the GOP resolution condemning the “deem and pass” strategy. The Hill sees this as troubling for Democrats. I think that his Senate aspirations make this a very difficult decision for him.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/85693-whip-watch-the-hills-survey-of-house-dems-positions-on-healthcare

]]> Comment on President Obama’s Health Care Interview With FNC by Joel Harris http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/17/president-obamas-interview-with-fnc/comment-page-1/#comment-22891 Joel Harris Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:08:16 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5098#comment-22891 I watched the first part last night and not the second part. I thought Bret did a nice job. He was a bit pushier than I would have been, though he did so for good reason. In short, while the President doesn't like the idea of the filibuster, he sure knows how to engage it. Bret had to keep prodding him to get back onto the question. Bret also showed that he knows more about the legislation than the President. The President kept talking about "his bill", which, as best as I can tell, is not what will be voted on. Very misleading. Quite frankly, this is the first set of legitimate questioning the President has received since he entered office. It would have been nice, however to have Brit Hume do this interview. I watched the first part last night and not the second part. I thought Bret did a nice job. He was a bit pushier than I would have been, though he did so for good reason. In short, while the President doesn’t like the idea of the filibuster, he sure knows how to engage it. Bret had to keep prodding him to get back onto the question.

Bret also showed that he knows more about the legislation than the President. The President kept talking about “his bill”, which, as best as I can tell, is not what will be voted on. Very misleading.

Quite frankly, this is the first set of legitimate questioning the President has received since he entered office. It would have been nice, however to have Brit Hume do this interview.

]]> Comment on Three Indiana Democrats Could Decide the Fate of Obamacare by Three Indiana Democrats Could Decide the Fate of Obamacare - Whitley County Patriots http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/17/three-indiana-democrats-could-decide-the-fate-of-obamacare/comment-page-1/#comment-22822 Three Indiana Democrats Could Decide the Fate of Obamacare - Whitley County Patriots Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:53:23 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5085#comment-22822 [...] From HooiserAccess: [...] [...] From HooiserAccess: [...]

]]> Comment on Speaker Pelosi doesn’t think the American People get it… by Dan Burton Gives Rep. Pelosi a 30-Second Lecture - Whitley County Patriots http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/17/speaker-pelosi-doesnt-think-the-american-people-get-it/comment-page-1/#comment-22820 Dan Burton Gives Rep. Pelosi a 30-Second Lecture - Whitley County Patriots Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:37:19 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5097#comment-22820 [...] via HoosierAccess. What do you think of this post?Interesting (0) [...] [...] via HoosierAccess. What do you think of this post?Interesting (0) [...]

]]> Comment on Gov.Daniels writes letters to Indiana House Members by Nathan Brindle http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/16/gov-daniels-writes-letters-to-indiana-house-members/comment-page-1/#comment-22817 Nathan Brindle Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:01:39 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5075#comment-22817 Carson, feh. You might as well try to stop the tide from rising. Carson, feh. You might as well try to stop the tide from rising.

]]> Comment on Bracketology Hits a Bipartisan Note in the Hoosier Blogosphere by Mark http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/16/bracketology-r-hits-a-bipartisan-note-in-the-hoosier-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-22810 Mark Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:22:56 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5076#comment-22810 Come on Em! Get with the program! Come on Em! Get with the program!

]]> Comment on Bracketology Hits a Bipartisan Note in the Hoosier Blogosphere by Josh Gillespie http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/16/bracketology-r-hits-a-bipartisan-note-in-the-hoosier-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-22765 Josh Gillespie Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:19:21 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5076#comment-22765 Well, this sounds like a great time to enter your first bracket...that is if you're a REAL Hoosier. :) Well, this sounds like a great time to enter your first bracket…that is if you’re a REAL Hoosier. :)

]]> Comment on Bracketology Hits a Bipartisan Note in the Hoosier Blogosphere by hostagehoosier http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2010/03/16/bracketology-r-hits-a-bipartisan-note-in-the-hoosier-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-22762 hostagehoosier Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:05:40 +0000 http://hoosieraccess.com/?p=5076#comment-22762 I come from a swimming and running family, none of those sports that require hand eye coordinate were welcome. I come from a swimming and running family, none of those sports that require hand eye coordinate were welcome.

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