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president of sales and marketing
"What we're seeing is the peo-
at the company, knows of 15 fam- ple who sold their homes because
ilies who have made tiny jumps the bonds failed are selling them
to be in a different school district. to other people with children, and
Some are so close to their old we're getting those children," she
homes, she said, they can push said.
their furniture down the street
But, she allowed, many resi-
on a dolly.
dents in the district were disap-
Developer Michael Horowitz pointed in the recent bond defeat,
of the Selective Group, which has the third since late 1993.
developed subdivisions like Park
Ridge that straddle both school
districts, said he, too, has heard
about families moving a stone's
throw away so their children can
go to West Bloomfield schools.
However, he said, "I don't
think it's a trend. There's still a
lot of growth and development
west." Jewish families are con-
In February, voters rejected
tinuing to move into Walled
Lake, Commerce Township and a dual proposal that would either
build new middle and elemen-
Novi, he said.
Those who can't or don't want tary schools for $90.5 million or
to move are seriously consider- renovate and add onto existing
ing private schools, said Bob ones for $25.5 million. Surveys,
Stillman, vice president of mar- Mrs. Lange said, showed that
keting and sales for Crosswinds voters were confused about how
Communities at 14 Mile and the passage of the statewide
Haggerty roads. That develop- Proposal A, which abolished the
ment is located in the Walled use of the property tax to support
public schools, would affect school
Lake district.
"I have heard with the (bond funding.
Still, "we feel quite confident
proposal) not going through in
Walled Lake, a lot of people who that we will eventually be able to
moved in the last four or five pass a bond issue. If we're not
able to, then the space crunch
years are getting nervous.
"Being realistic, a school dis- would hit the secondary schools
trict makes the community, and and we'd looking at other mea-
if you have a good school district, sures," like leasing additional
your house will increase in val- classroom space or implement-
ing "split shift" classes, she said.
ue," he said.
In response to the 12st bond de-
While Lois Lange, a
spokesperson for Walled Lake feat, the district leased Meadow
schools, has heard about the mi- Lake Elementary on Inkster
nor exodus from Walled Lake Road, which was vacated last
schools, she said it hasn't creat- month by Birmingham Schools
as part of consolidation efforts. ❑
ed a void.
Enrollment in
Walled Lake schools
is growing, but
coffers aren't.
Time To Rethink
Mideast Attitudes
MITCHELL G. BARD SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
A
t first, I thought it might
be one of those conspiracy
theorists from a militia ac-
cusing the Central Intelli-
gence Agency of a cover-up. But
it was actually an American Jew
accusing the CIA of lying about
the Palestine Liberation Orga-
nization's behavior for political
purposes.
Apparently there are now
American Jews who not only
know more about Israel's securi-
ty requirements than Israelis,
but they also have better intel-
ligence about Middle East ter-
rorism than the U.S.
government.
Perhaps the time has come for
some plain speaking about what
we know and don't know about
terrorists.
Let me say from the outset
that PLO leader Yassir Arafat
deserves the electric chair for
crimes he has taken responsibil-
ity for in the past. Moreover, any-
one who thinks he's become a
great statesman and has com-
pletely changed his spots need
only check some of his state-
ments since Oslo, such as his ac-
cusations that the Mossad is
responsible for some of the atroc-
ities committed against Israelis.
ATTITUDES page 10