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From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre)
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Subject: Re: Supporting the Apple // line
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In article <8809192113.aa03477@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> DMG4449@RITVAX.BITNET writes:
>         Most public schools can afford virtually any-thing, IBM, Macintosh, 
>	etc., but its the private schools that don't have the money.

This hasn't been my experience, but private schools aren't as prevalent
where I grew up. The tuition-charging private school in my area has a
Knowledge Navigator prototype, while the public schools I attended are still 
struggling with C-64's.

Public schools in Ohio are generally funded through property tax revenues,
and depending on your area's demographics, these are difficult or impossible
to increase.  If you have a big industrial base, then revenues are easier
to come by, since the valuation is usually greater.