Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu!ralphw From: ralphw@ius3.ius.cs.cmu.edu (Ralph Hyre) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Supporting the Apple // line Message-ID: <3059@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 20 Sep 88 21:59:07 GMT References: <8809192113.aa03477@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> Sender: netnews@pt.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 13 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.