Love on the Rocks.
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DIAMONDS.
said Jennifer Lopatin, who
sends her three children to
Bloomfield Hills schools.
Ms. Ludwig said she is con-
cerned about schools of choice
because she is "not sure what
it's going to create."
Susan Lenter has two chil-
dren attending West Bloomfield
schools. She feels it is important
for parents to stay in touch.
Like other parents, she too is
skeptical of allowing students
"I'm one of a lot of
people who are
confused about
what's going to
happen."
— Lynne Ludwig
and parents to chose their
schools.
"In West Bloomfield, parents
can send their children to any
school they want in the district
and that's fine with me," she
said. "But I'm not really sure
how it would work outside the
districts."
Parents are also concerned
about how schools will be fund-
ed. Many say funding needs to
be more equitable but they do
not want to see the richer school
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districts lose money.
"Being in the district that
spends the most money per
pupil, we want to see other dis-
tricts increase their spending
but we also don't want to lose,"
said Ms. Lopatin. "In the past,
the thinking here has been,
`We're Bloomfield Hills. We'll
be OK.' But July (when the leg-
islature struck down property
taxes for schools) turned out to
be a rude awakening. In the
back of your mind you hope the
legislature will not take away
what we have and give us the
option to tax ourselves so we
can continue at the level we are
at now."
This year, Bloomfield Hills
spends close to $10,000 on each
student.
Ms. Lenter does not want to
see districts like West Bloom-
field lose state dollars. She said
the state should not have cut
property taxes until finding an
alternative method for funding
schools. Ms. Lenter said she
would not mind seeing the sales
tax increased to provide schools
with a source of funding.
"I think there is a sense of
concern in Huntington Woods,"
said Ms. Ludwig. "Our schools
run on a tight budget and we
can't afford to lose anything."
Last year, Berkley schools
spent just under $5,000 per
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Temple Israel got the script
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Because Temple Israel did not
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