March and the Mysterious Mammoth

We're rejoined this week by Joseph Kchodl, paleontologist and author of the series of children's books called 'PaleoJoe's Dinosaur Detective Club'. He updates us regarding his field trip give-away last year and his new and upcoming books.

PaleoJoe describes the field trip to Wyoming and what the children did, "We actually had a chance to dig dinosaurs. The students had several stations that they actually participated in. One station was actually digging for dinosaurs. They got a chance to actually see what dinosaur bones look like in the ground."

"They did everything that a paleontologist does, right on the ground, digging dinosaurs, and in the laboratory. It was spectacular."

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Michigan Property Tax Valuation Appeals and School Funding

This week we're joined by Debra Reese, the Assistant Superintendent of Grandville Public Schools, about the effect Property Tax Valuation Appeals are having on public schools and education funding in Michigan. These appeals are a sensible move for businesses in the current economy, but are an issue that school administrators need to be aware of.

Grandville Public schools has been seeing many of these recently, as Debra related, "Some of these appeals, they're not just for the current year, they're for previous years. and that's what can impact us." Her's is not the only district that faces this issue, "I know there is another neighboring district in Kent County that is looking at a major tax appeal that goes back to, I believe, 1994." This can hit schools especially hard because "then you're hit not only with the money that you have to give back, but the interest on it also."

Debra said of the interview: "My goal is just to educate people so that they understand some of the choices and decisions that we [school districts] have to make."

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