European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday october 24,1988 f-jlifhs&msti-.l.-i�-. Dumanon news schools Don t see winning numbers in Calif lottery by Louis . Times Sacramento Calif. The califor Nia lottery has created Many big winners but educators complain that the Public school is Lorn has yet to hit the Jackpot. When inc lottery initiative appear Don the ballot Here in 19s4, a major sell ing Point was that 34 cents of every Dol Lar earned on the lottery would go to the Public schools. And lottery sales have been spurred by the slogan " schools win too a can ice Picicc of the lottery s advertising Campaign. Bui educators Are grumbling that the lottery has failed to meet expectations and has had a minimal Impact on the schools soil even say the schools arc worse off than when the lottery began. Nationwide nine of the 29 Stales Wil lotteries spend part of the Revenue on education. And the situation in califor Nia is being watched clo icly by other slates because of Floc amount of Money involved and because education figured so prominently in the Campaign that persuaded voters to approve in. On the surface the Money generated by the lottery appears to be a Bonanza for California education. Out of $2.4 billion raised by the lottery Las year about $750 million went to Public Edu cation. Even though 50 cents of each lottery Dollar goes to the winners and 1s cents goes for administrative costs in three years the schools Cut has been s2 billion. Bui educators say these figures Tell Only part of the Story. Many educators contend thai lottery dollars have begun to  Aid to education. Education Roundup they say that is contrary to the intent of inc California slate lottery act which states that revenues shall not reused As substitute funds but rather shall supplement the total amount of Money allocated for Public  the state superintendent of Public instruction Bill Honig. Opposed inc lottery when it was first introduced and he still has doubts the Public thinks the schools have this tremendous amount of Money he said. Education was used to act the lottery passed but education has t benefited from  the lottery accounts for j.5 percent of the $22 billion spent on the state s Public schools each year. Last year that meant about $140 of the statewide average expenditure of $4,681 per student came from lottery Money but Honig said the percentage Olne slate budget spent on Public schools declined from 39 percent four years ago to 37.5 percent Las year. Lottery Dollan he said have in effect been used to Moke up the difference that View is shared by Many Educa tors around the state. The lottery Money is basically sup planting what we already had said Steve Huslig a member of the Berkeley Board of education. Tie originally supported the lottery but now he Calls in a statewide tragedy.1 Lustig said the lottery had undermined statewide Effort to set aside a fixed percent age of the state budget on education. The lottery totally undercut that he said. Its Long Range effect will be a negative one on funding of Public  officials in gov George Deukmejian s administration vigorously deny that per Pupil property tax and state Aid comparing revenues in major Public school districts in dollars for the 1986-b7 school year property tax Revenue per Pupil stale Aid Revenue per Pupil Fairfax county. A Fairfa county a. New York City 2,399 1 984 Houston Broward county Fla. Philadelphia dad county. Fla. Chicago 1,198losangeles mole properly tax figures for new York lob Angeles and Fairfax county include All locally produced revenues Chicago Tribuna Chart Dade county Fla. Chicago los Angeles lottery funds have been substituted inthe schools for state tax revenues. Lois Wallace assistant director of the department of finance docs not dispute that the proportion of the state budget going to education has declined. But she said Deukmejian who opposed inc lottery initiative had Given her department instructions not to take Lattery income int account when calculating school expenditures. Troscon either Sidof the Issue agree that Many legislators believe the schools have benefited greatly from lottery dollars. That has made getting Money for schools from the legislature tougher Nan before. When there s a Bill in front of a commit tee legislators say Why should we pay for this when you already have All that latter Money " said Peter Birdsall director of the California movement for educational re form a coalition of educators Parent teacher associations and other groups. When you hear i Holt applied to Bill after Bill you have a e lottery s effect some officials Lay also can be seen at the local level where a two thirds margin by voters is need Edlo approve school tax measures. In the last year voters have approved Only 30percent of these measures according to school services of California a Sacra mento based consulting firm. Eca pts revises rules for annual spelling Bee Trier West Germany the european chapter of american parents teachers and students has re Vised its rules for schoolchildren who want to compete in its annual spelling  child up to 15 years of age will be Able to com Pete a change from previous years when Only fifth graders representing department of defense dependents schools in Europe were  addition Eca pts has arranged for its Champion to compete for the first time in the Scripps Howard sponsored National spelling Bee May 29-june 4 in Washington . Scripps Howard will award $14,500in Cash prizes to the top finishers. Schools who wish to nominate students for thee apts Competition must Send their applications by nov. 15 to Kathy Peters Box 465. Apo 09132. Application forms have been mailed to Dodds schools. The Eca pts spelling Bee will be held during the organization s annual convention in willing in May 9-12. Call 0651 -61365 for More information. Registration under Way for specially courses Frankfurt registration has begun for Mem Bers of the individual ready Reserve in Germany who need to Lake military occupational specially courses and no development  courses which will begin in november will be offered in a number of locations in Germany. Reservists can Cam up to so promotion Points for Success nov Georgc  a Mac it san oui Iru Oti Izui i Vitra i us uni Usu Ilion vigorous the . Memo base father sues private school Over poor grades Given boy Louisville by. A a Man whose son was were meant to motivate him not to Embarrass him. Ryno Lori from n Fri vat a Rhonl Hof Aii � of it nor crude d i. No i in af1lna in a Ininns maj an fully completing the courses. For More info information Call Anthony Muccio at 061-7245626 or Yvonne Brown at 069-5483s09. By. Man son was expelled fro a private school because o poo Grade has tiled an educational malpractice lawsuit against the institution alleging it failed to give the boy a Supe rior education. Arnold Rich also said in a deposition he thought officials at Kentucky country Day school should have been Able to recognize that his son John had a learn ing disability. The problem was diagnosed As attention deficit disorder by a psychologist who examined John at Rich s request. A person with the condition is disorganized distracted and slow to follow directions. In the second through the fifth grades John was an exemplary student but by the ninth Grade his Marks had dropped so Low that his parents were told he would not be admitted the following year. The lawsuit seek damage equal to All tuition paid at least $30,850 Over nine years plus the Cost of diagnosing and treating John s condition and the expense of hiring tutors a trial is set for nov. 15, but the school s attorneys argue that the Case has no Merit and have asked the judge to Rule in their favor without a trial. Documents filed with the lawsuit also contended thai teachers and administrators publicly ridiculed John s poor performance. According to court documents Thomas g. Monaco director of country Day s upper school said any re Marks he and others made about John s performance wer Rich and his son declined to be interviewed and school administrators declined to discuss the Case publicly on the advice of the school s attorneys. The Legal theory of educational malpractice has been used for about is Yean nationwide although not very successfully. Montana is the Only state which has firmly accepted the principle the supreme court there found a school District negligent because it failed to lest a child and place her in an appropriate special education program. The conflict with country Day began in March 1986, the Spring of John s freshman year when Mona co wrote to Rich saying that John would not be Al Lowed to return for hit Sophomore year. Rich asked that John be Given a second Chance and the school agreed. Rich hired tutors for his son Seal him to another school for remedial work during the summer and had his son checked by an educational psychologist and a physician. But at the end of inc summer the school said John s performance had t improved enough and re fused to admit him. John who transferred to Trinity High school where he is now a senior said in court documents that his grades have improved. He said be believes be has made a fresh Start with teachers who know about his learning disability and Haven t labelled him Lazy. He is being tutored be said and has taken courses to improve his Reading comprehension and writing