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fatlazyless · 02-12-2011, 04:26 PM

Property tax payers in Waterville Valley can maybe breath a sigh of relief if the donor town system has really been put to rest.

Waterville Valley has a small elementary school with grades k-8, and spends over $26,000/student/year, and the school has a big banner out front announcing it just won the highest academics/ NH elementary for reading and math in NH or something like that.

With all the non-resident condos and homes, each individual student must have about 50-million dollars of assessed property value on a per student basis, and it could be that the school actually has more teachers and staff than students? Every elementary student gets their own teacher(s), guidance councilor, administrative assistant, driver, and ski/tennis coach.

Rich or poor, students are probably better off in a rich town!

02-12-2011, 04:26 PM	#20
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,752 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 300 Thanked 1,010 Times in 736 Posts	Property tax payers in Waterville Valley can maybe breath a sigh of relief if the donor town system has really been put to rest. Waterville Valley has a small elementary school with grades k-8, and spends over $26,000/student/year, and the school has a big banner out front announcing it just won the highest academics/ NH elementary for reading and math in NH or something like that. With all the non-resident condos and homes, each individual student must have about 50-million dollars of assessed property value on a per student basis, and it could be that the school actually has more teachers and staff than students? Every elementary student gets their own teacher(s), guidance councilor, administrative assistant, driver, and ski/tennis coach. Rich or poor, students are probably better off in a rich town! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!