The auto industry's impact on school districts.(BRIEFINGS: News Update)

District Administration | March 1, 2009| | Copyright

IN CAR MANUFACTURING AREAS, the financial troubles of the "big three" automakers--Ford, General Motors and Chrysler--are putting a bit of a strain on school districts.

At Van Buren Public Schools in Wayne County, Mich., just 25 minutes from downtown Detroit, officials are trying to make do with rising health care and state retirement costs, aged and failing technology, and an outward migration of students and families due to closed auto plants.

Linda Olson, the district's instruction and personnel director, says any state funding increases that have been ...

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