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The main problem of education in Rome is that there wasn't a huge interest in education, and that it cost a lot of money for children to go to public school. Only the richest families could afford to send their kids for school. Others would pay for a tutor, have their slaves teach their children, or some would even teach them themselves. Inside of schools, not many classes were taught. Paper and books were also too expensive. Today, however, education is taken a lot more seriously. In America, it is the law to send kids to school. Kids who are truant or have an unexcused absence from school are punished along with their parents. In fact, it is one of the leading factors for children being taken from their parents and put into foster care. Today, though it isn't as hard to put your kids in school as it was in ancient Rome. Public schools are free in America. There are also programs that can provide school supplies, financial help, and even free lunches. Worldwide, a goal has been set to provide primary educations to all kids by 2015. **URL:** [] By: Dana Middendorf, Leah Grabowski, and Emily Favorito
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**__Ancient Facts:__**

 * Freed slaves began their own primary schools that provided education for a cheaper cost
 * These ludus literarius were one of a plebeian's only chances at an education
 * Held in make shift classrooms, sometimes on a street, other times in a cellar
 * Normal primary education went from age 6-13
 * Grammar school was only taught to children whose parents had the economic means to send them there, so not many students had the opportunity for that school for ages 13-16
 * They were taught Latin and Greek so they would be bilingual
 * Oratory was the teaching of public speaking that would be taught from ages 16-18
 * Oratory and grammar school were far superior to primary school
 * Not a huge selection of classes, so students would most likely get bored quickly
 * Lessons were dictated because there was not enough money for books
 * Girls rarely were educated
 * They were not allowed to write on paper from the start because paper was expensive
 * In early times, students were taught by their parents
 * Eventually, around 200 BC, parents let their children be taught outside their homes at age 6 or 7
 * Slaves would be teachers for high class students
 * Many of Rome's teaching styles came from the Greeks
 * Since only the rich could afford school higher than primary school, not many people were scholars and there was a lack of them in Rome
 * Rhetoric was begun to taught in early stages of school, because it was so important, but they didn't go very in depth with it
 * If you went to grammar and oratory school, they taught how to public speak confidently, which was greatly needed if you wanted to get a job
 * The class sizes in Rome varied, but the price for an elementary teacher was 600 denarii per year per student, so their salary depended on how many students they had
 * An average class size was thought to be around 10-18 students
 * Math teacher: 900 denarii per year per student
 * Geometry, Latin, Greek, or literature teacher: 2400 denarii per year per student
 * Rhetoric teacher: 3000 denarii per year per student
 * Male slave= 500 denarii d
 * Female slaves could be 6000 denarii
 * Public schools weren't introduced until the 3rd century B.C. Until this time, children were taught by their parents with the knowledge parents already had

have to have 180 school days Taxes pay for schools Everyone has the right to send kids to school Public schools are paid for by taxes. There are organizations that help pay for school supplies for kids and families who cannot buy them. The cost for private schools is paid by parents. Public schools can hold a levee where citizens of a town vote yes or no on the topic of paying more taxes to support the schools. Schools can also hold fundraisers that provide them with more money. || In our country, it is the law that kids receive an education. However, around 66,000 pupils of all ages skip school on an average day without permission. They or their parents can be thrown into jail for this. || Some schools in Afghanistan for girls are unsafe, constantly being targeted by people who are against women getting an education. Many parents have pulled their daughters out of school. There is now increased security and the number of threats has declined. Many schools are being built in developing countries so that children can get an education. ||
 * __Modern Facts:__ **
 * How schools today are dealing with cost || Truancy= school is law
 * How much the price of roman schools were || The prices for schools were very high. Only the richest families could afford to send their kids to school. A less-expensive option was to have a tutor or slave come to your house and teach the children or send your children off to a tutor’s home. Families sometimes would have their slaves teach their children. ||
 * Why were the prices in Rome as high as they were ||  ||
 * Who in the Roman empire could afford school || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">At first, schools were at home. Boys would be taught by their fathers and girls would be taught by their mothers. When schools were created, the richer families sent their children to a tutor’s home to be taught every day. The poorer families still taught their own children like they used to. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">How do people who can’t afford schools today get into school || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">In America, it is the law that kids are put in school. Some schools in Africa have a price of about ¼ of a parent’s salary. Many people in Africa have trouble paying for uniforms, and supplies, also. Organizations are asking for donations to help put kids in school and provide a better future for Africa. ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">How many kids in modern countries are out of school || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">Worldwide, 75 million kids do not receive an education. 34 million are boys and 41 million are girls.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">What countries today are doing to try to get kids in school || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">In Africa, costs for schools kept many kids out of school. Many countries have now gotten rid of fees causing tons of kids to be able to attend schools.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">Truancy || <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Fax',serif;">An unexcused absence from school ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">The price of land is so high that it causes young people who have children to not want to move there but instead, to other places where they can afford to live
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">With lunch costing 2.50 a day, after 180 school days of buying lunch costs around $450 for one child
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> The FFE and WFP programs provides lunches for free to thousands of needy families. This is another reason families in and out of the country are eager to send their kids to school because it means they are receiving at least one good meal a day.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Prices for public colleges([])
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Fees include enrollment **$500** **-$1,000,** bus transportation **$800** **-$1,500,** parking**$80,** PE uniforms around **$25,** and school uniforms **$150** **-$300**.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Books can run **$500** **-$600** per year.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Some high schools offer boarding, which can run about **$10,000** above the cost of tuition.

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Questions: **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">1) How are scholarships used to help people who cannot afford school? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">2) How can programs like fafsa or CSS profile provide funds to students needing financial help? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> 3) What are the punishments of Truancy?

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">Emails/ Expert Contacts: **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 26px;">contacted:
 * Expert || Job || Topic of Questions we asked ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. Sunderland, __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> professor of education at UC __//** || //**__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Importance of Education __**// ||
 * //**__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. McDaniel __**// || //**__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Anderson High School Counselor __**// || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Financial aid in the district __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ms. Curry __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">works with the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fafsa and CSS profile (financial aid) __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. Quinn __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">ODE fiscal director __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Funding for schools __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. Vander Meer __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nagel Assistant Principal __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Truancy __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Asbach/ Mr. Cooper __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">financial aid specialist __//** **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">at XU __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Financial aid __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. Everett __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">director of financial aid at XU __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Financial aid in colleges __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mr. Sinkovich __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">community outreach and student support coordinator __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Truancy __//** ||
 * **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Schlosser __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Nagel PTA president __//** || **//__<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Fundraising at Nagel __//** ||
 * //**__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mrs. Benassi __**// || //**__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">accounting supervisor of the Forest Hills treasurer __**// || //**__<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Levees __**// ||

__//**Email to Dr. Sunderland, a professor of education at UC**//__ Dear Dr. Sunderland, Hi my name is Dana and I am a seventh grader at Nagel Middle School. We are doing a project in social studies that requires us to use modern information to “go back in time” and solve some of the problems in the ancient Roman Empire. I have chosen to attempt to solve the problem of high price of education. I got your contact information from the UC website. I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about education in the modern world. 1) What would the world be like if there was no proper form of education? What does an education provide to people in our society? 2) How are methods of education getting better year by year? 3) What are some problems with education in America? What is being done to fix some of these problems or what do you think should be done to provide a better education to our country. I would greatly appreciate it if you could get back to me at your earliest convenience. You can contact me at danamiddendorf@student.foresthills.edu . Thank you so much for your time! Sincerely, Dana Middendorf (and Leah Grabowski) __//**Dr. Sunderland's Response:**//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Thanks for your interest and questions. You are right to be thinking about these questions at this time as American education is under attack as our "empire" falls apart. As Rome fell, scapegoats were looked for to answer the question: "Who is to blame for the loss of our power?" Now, the schools, particularly the public schools are the target for the lion's share of the blame for divisiveness in our country, the loss of the wars in Iraq, and the spread of hopelessness caused by an expanding recession. Rather than look for the reasons in the actual causes, a scapegoat makes it easier. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">To go to your questions: 1) There is no "proper" form of education, despite what Jefferson and others state. Education flows from the person outward to our society, providing each person, if they are inspired, with a hope for themselves and for others, a hope that people, together, can overcome ignorance and delusion and find happiness and gentleness. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2) our methods are scary: standardized testing, competitiveness, and the ranking of students and tracking them into boring experiences called, "education." Understanding service learning, the caring for those in greatest need, actions that support compassion, are all in a minority. Our world is made up of 2-3 billion people who live on a dollar a day. Our education does not include them and we all suffer from our ignorance. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3) The key problems in American education is that teachers and students are under bitter attack. Students are told that they are stupid, and teachers are fired for their students' low test scores. Schools are no longer places where blacks and whites can get to know each other and racism is flourishing. Students must wake up to change these conditions:Occupy your schools, take a stand for integration, feed the poor in your community, and find three friends who care for you and work together.

__<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">**//Email to Mrs. McDaniel, an Anderson Counselor//** __ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dear Mrs. McDaniel, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Hi my name is Dana. My classmates Emily, Leah, Megan, Kate, and I are doing a project in Miss Place's class that requires us to use modern information to “go back in time” and solve some of the problems in the ancient Roman Empire. We have chosen to attempt to solve the problem of high price of education. I got your contact information from the Forest Hills website. We were wondering if we could ask you a few questions about financial aid in the district. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1) How does Forest Hills provide for families who cannot meet the economic needs for school? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2) About how many people does Forest Hills support? How do you pay for these services? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3) What are the requirements for being eligible to receive financial aid? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">4) Would you like to change anything about this process? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">We would greatly appreciate it if you could get back to us at your earliest convenience. You can contact us at danamiddendorf@student.foresthills.edu. Thank you so much for your time! <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Sincerely, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dana Middendorf, Emily Favorito, Megan Hess, Leah Grabowski, and Kate Seibert

__//**Email to Ms. Curry who works with the Ohio Department of Education (ODE)**//__ Dear Ms. Curry, Hello, my name is Leah and I am a seventh grader at Nagel Middle School. My classmate Dana and I are doing a project to see if we could fix ancient Roman problems using modern solutions, resources, knowledge, and tactics. Our topic is on how the lack of and high prices of education affected people. We found your contact information on the Ohio Department of Education site and were wondering if you would be able to answer a few questions to help us enhance our knowledge so we could attempt to solve the Roman problem? We had a few questions about financial aid for schools. 1.) How do the FAFSA program and C.S.S Profile calculate how much financial aid students are eligible to receive? What factors come into play? 2.) Where does the money that these programs provide families with come from? 3.) How much does it cost to fill out a C.S.S. Profile or FAFSA application? 4.) How much money can students receive from these financial aid programs? 5.) What are some struggles about the program, if there are any? Would you change anything about it if you could? 6.) What are some other ways families and students can be provided with financial aid for school? If you are wiling to contact us back, please feel free to do it at your earliest convenience and contact us back at leahgrabowski@student.foresthills.edu. Thank you so much for your time, as it is very appreciated. Sincerely, Leah Grabowski and Dana Middendorf (Ms. Curry no longer works in her position so we set up a phone call during lunch with Jim Quinn who works in the same office as she did. here is our interview and notes on his information:)

//**__Interview with Mr. Quinn:__**// media type="file" key="Interview with Mr. Quinn" width="180" height="180"
 * School funding is primarily based on a share where there is a combination of local, state and federal funds
 * Combination of funding
 * Local funds come through property tax
 * Some school districts have local income tax, but most don’t
 * The state portion of funding comes from a complicated formula based on the number of kids in a school district, property value in the school district and how many kids in the district require special services/needs
 * Kids with special needs get a little bit more funding
 * Only a small portion of money comes from federal funds
 * In a nutshell, locals provide 45% of the funding for our schools, give or take a little
 * The other state funds provide 45%
 * Finally, the last 10% is in the form of federal funds

__//**<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Emails to Mr. Vander Meer **//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dear Mr. Vander Meer, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Hi my name is Dana and I am on team 7-5. My classmates Emily, Leah, Megan, Kate, and I are doing a project in social studies that requires us to use modern information to “go back in time” and solve some of the problems in the ancient Roman Empire. We have chosen to attempt to solve the problem of high price of education. We were wondering if we could ask you a few questions about truancy in the district. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1) About how many students are caught being absent from school? How thoroughly is truancy monitored in the district? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2) What are some punishments for truancy? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3) How does truancy affect school performance? Is there a notable or comparable difference in grades between students who are regularly active in school rather than those who aren’t? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">We would greatly appreciate it if you could get back to us at your earliest convenience. You can contact us at danamiddendorf@student.foresthills.edu . Thank you so much for your time! <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Sincerely, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dana Middendorf, Emily Favorito, Megan Hess, Leah Grabowski, and Kate Seibert __//**<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Mr. Vander Meer's Response: **//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dana <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">I will be glad to help you but I think I have a person who can help you even more. His name is Phil Sinkovich <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">and he works at the board of education. Come see me tomorrow and I will get you in touch with him. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Mr. V

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__**Ms. Asbach/ Mr. Cooper (Emily, Megan):**__ Dear Ms. Asbach, Hello. We are in the seventh grade at Nagel Middle School. Currently we have been working on a project in social studies involving the problems of Ancient Rome. The problem we have been researching is the high price and lack of education in Ancient Rome. One of the solutions we researched to solve the problem was the idea of financial aid. We researched the topic some but had a few questions to ask of you. 1. How does financial aid program work for underprivileged students? 2. What are the requirements for receiving financial aid? 3. Who funds the financial aid program? Is the university providing the money? 4. Is there a limit to how many students you can provide financial aid for? 5. Are their any limitations to the education provided for the student because they receive financial aid? If there is any other information that you believe is important for us to know about financial aid we would greatly appreciate it. Please contact us at your earliest convenience. Thank for your time, Emily Favorito & Megan Hess __//** Response: **//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dear Ms. Favorito & Ms. Hess, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">My name is Emmett Cooper, I am an Assistant Director of Financial Aid for Xavier University. I am willing to address your questions. If you should have additional questions, I will assist to the best of my ability. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Sincerely, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Emmett Cooper <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1. How does financial aid program work for underprivileged students? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">At Xavier University, the financial aid program works the same for all students whether they are privileged or underprivileged. The process is identical. Students submit the application for admission. If they have been selected for admission, they will be awarded a merit based scholarship based on their performance in high school. The student will need to complete the FAFSA (**F**ree **A**pplication for **F**ederal **S**tudent **A**id). Here they will be evaluated on their financial need. The amount of need based aid depends on the results of the FAFSA. Generally, a lower FAFSA number translates into a larger amount of need based aid. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Additionally, we do have special programs for underprivileged students to help them afford college. On such program is the TRIO program. For you convenience, I have attached a link to the Xavier’s Trio program website. @http://www.xavier.edu/sss/eligibility.cfm

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2. What are the requirements for receiving financial aid? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">There are two types of financial aid, merit and need. The requirements for receiving merit based aid are derived from evaluating the high school GPA and the results from test scores, ACT and/or SAT. The requirements for receiving need based aid are determined by evaluating the FAFSA results.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3. Who funds the financial aid program? Is the university providing the money? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">The financial aid program is funded through a variety of sources. Xavier University and the Federal Government are the largest sources of financial aid funding at Xavier University.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">4. Is there a limit to how many students you can provide financial aid for? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">There isn’t a limit to the number of students who are eligible to receive financial aid. However, certain aid types have a limited amount of funding. Once the funds have been depleted for a particular year, we are no longer able to award it to any additional students.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">5. Are there any limitations to the education provided for the student because they receive financial aid? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">At Xavier, over ninety (90) percent of the students receive some type of financial aid. There aren’t any limitations to the education provided for students because they receive financial aid. They take the same classes and have the same opportunities as students who are not receiving financial aid.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Eligibility determined by economic circumstances

 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Can be compared to the free lunch program
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">More money made the less money received by the program
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">How financial aid works is pretty universal throughout the United States

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Students receiving financial aid are expected to perform achedemically

 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Your finanacial situation needs to be severe enough to make it into the program (based upon income)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">50% of the money provided for students comes from the government

 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Comes from taxpayers money
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The university and other sources pay for the rest

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Financial Aid is provided for all students that meet that have economic struggles that meet the requirment
====<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Are their any limitations to the education provided for the student because they receive financial aid? ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There is a certain GPA that students are required to meet

 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Students that receive financial aid must be working toward a degree and have a major so that Xavier can insure that they are doing something with their education

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">__//**Meeting with Mr Sinkovich (Me):**//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Dear Mr. Sinkovich, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Thank you so much for taking the time to come in and answer a few questions I have about truancy! Here are some questions my classmates and I have come up with: <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1) About how many students are caught being absent from school? How thoroughly is truancy monitored in the district?  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2) What are some punishments for truancy  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3) How does truancy affect school performance? Is there a notable or comparable difference in grades between students who are regularly active in school rather than those who aren't? Justify/ explain your answer. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">4) Is there a certain age group that is more truant than others? Do some regions have a larger truancy rate than others? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">5) If you could propose a plan to bring the truancy rate down to zero, what steps would you suggest? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">6) Has the number of students being caught with an unexcused absence from school escalated or descended over the past few years? Why do you think this is happening? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Thanks again for your time. We are very excited to speak with you! See you on Friday!Sincerely,Dana Middendorf ( and Leah Grabowski)  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;">**__Questions:__** <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">1) About how many students are caught being absent from school? How thoroughly is truancy monitored in the district? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">2) What are some punishments for truancy <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">3) How does truancy affect school performance? Is there a notable or comparable difference in grades between students who are regularly active in school rather than those who aren't? Justify/ explain your answer. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">4) Is there a certain age group that is more truant than others? Do some regions have a larger truancy rate than others? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">5) If you could propose a plan to bring the truancy rate down to zero, what steps would you suggest? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">6) Has the number of students being caught with an unexcused absence from school escalated or descended over the past few years? Why do you think this is happening? media type="file" key="mr. sinkovich interview" width="181" height="181"
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222;">__Notes on Interview:__ **
 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222;"> __Interview recording:__ **

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;">**//__Email To Mrs. Schlosser (Leah):__//** <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"> Dear Mrs. Schlosser, <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"> Hello, my name is Leah and I am a seventh grader at Nagel Middle School. My classmates and I are doing a project to see if we could fix ancient Roman problems using modern solutions, resources, knowledge, and tactics. My topic is on how the lack of and high prices of education affected people. I found your contact information on the Nagel PTA directory. I was wondering if you, as president of the PTA, would be able to answer a few questions about fundraising to help me enhance my knowledge which would help me solve the Roman problem? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt;">1.) What kind of fundraisers does the PTA hold to help raise money for the school? 2.) What does this money for the school go to? 3.) About how many fundraisers a year do you have? How much money do they raise? If you are wiling to contact me back, feel free to do it at your earliest convenience and contact me back at leahgrabowski@student.foresthills.edu . Thank you so much for your time, as it is very appreciated. Sincerely, <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Leah Grabowski <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">O.K. Leah ... I am finally getting around to answering your questions! Thanks for being so patient :) We have several ways that we raise money for the PTA at Nagel -- Game on a Thon, Kroger Cards, Target Red Cards, On Line magazine subscriptions, Brick Sales, Box Tops, Scholastic Book Fair, Dodgeball Tournament, Bookstore Profit, Spiritwear Sales Profit, Buffalo Wild Rings Fundraiser, Nagel @ Night Ticket Sales, and Football Game and Track Meet Concessions The fundraiser that we publicize the most is the Game-on-a-thon but we work hard to communicate with Nagel families other small ways that they can help raise money for the school, like buying a Kroger gift card and using it to buy your groceries -- then 2% of the amount you put on that card goes back to Nagel. Or collecting the box tops and turning them in for .10 per box top back to the school. All of the above bring in money that help support the PTA -- the largest fundraiser that we do is the Game-on-a-Thon -- the others bring in much smaller amounts that all add up to roughly $20-$25,000 per school year -- The Game-on-a-Thon has brought in about $19,000 for the last two years. The money that the PTA raises through all of these projects goes to support much of the programming and special events that happen at Nagel. We pay for:Celebration Day - end of year fun day, Honors Dessert, Nagel @ Night, and Mini-Grants -- this is when teachers apply to the PTA for money to buy certain items for their classroom or grade level -- we try to make sure that any purchases we make through the PTS benefit as many Nagel students as possible and that the things we buy STAY at Nagel -- they are not disposable. For the last two years most of the money we have raised, after we cover all of our expenses, has gone to improvements made to the Learning commons -- roughly $15,000 last year and we hope to do that again this year! The administration hopes to build a seating area and provide more technology options to the Learning Commons area. Hopefully this answers all of your questions ... please feel free to call me ANYTIME if you have any other questions of you need clarification -- 349-7797 -- happy to chat with you more about any of this anytime : Good luck -- hope this helps ...Mrs. Schlosser
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"> __//**Email to Ms. Benassi(Megan):**//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> Ms. Benassi,  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">My name is Megan Hess and I am a student on 7-5 at Nagel Middle School. My peers and I have been participating in a project in which we look for current solutions for Ancient Romes problems. The issue we have been looking into is high price of education. It would be greatly appreciated if you would be willing to answer a few questions about Forest Hills accounts. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.5pt;">1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Can you identify a specific department or program that Forest Hills School District spends the majority of their budget on?  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">2) Is there a particular facet that is suffering more than others because of budget cuts  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">3) Beyond your professional position how would the result of the upcoming levee influence your personal views of Anderson Township?  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">4) Approximately how much money is the Forest Hills School District currently using to function? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">5) Has Forest Hills devised a plan of what action they will take if the levee does not pass? If so, please explain the adjustments that will be made. <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">6) Can you please describe your solution to an ideal budget? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">7) What do you see for Forest Hills School District in the future from a financial stand point? <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Any information your would be able to provide us with would be greatly apprieciated. Thank your so much for your time, Megan Hess  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"> //__**Response:**__//  <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222; display: block;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> 1) The department that Forest Hills spends the most on is instruction (salaries, benefits, supplies and equipment for regular K-12 instruction) Salaries and benefits are the largest expenditures for the district 2) Classroom size, extra work loads for non teaching staff, the general morale of the employees because they are doing more with less and at times feeling overwhelmed 3) I, (as an employee, a resident, a parent of graduates and a grandparent of students), would be very disappointed in our community for not supporting such an important aspect of our community 4) Our General Fund appropriations for this year are approx. $75,800,000.00. Not all of this will be spent but it will be close. 5) If there is a specific plan, I am not a part of those decisions 6) The ideal budget would be to have enough teachers, etc. to have quality education, well kept facilities, salaries and benefits in line with other districts of similar size 7) I see excellence suffering if we do not have the support through levies from our community because the state will keep cutting back on their support. I think we will lose quality teachers to districts where the community supports education or to private industry. The community will suffer as far as property values are concerned and the overall perception of what this are is like.

<span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); display: block;">__//** Bibliography **//__ <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); display: block;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); display: block;">** Ancient: ** <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); display: block;">
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 * <span style="background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.917969); color: #222222;">Interviews: **
 * Sinkovich, Phil. Personal Interview. 10 Feb. 2012.
 * Schlosser, Jen. E-mail Interview. 03 Feb. 2012.
 * Quinn, Jim. Telephone Interview. 07 Feb. 2012.
 * Sunderland, Steve. E-mail Interview. 07 Feb. 2012.
 * Everett, Todd. Telephone Interview. 08 Feb. 2012.
 * Cooper, Emmett. E-mail Interview. 06 Feb. 2012.
 * Benassi, Ginny. E-mail Interview. 07 Feb. 2012.