Michigan's State Capital City--Lansing--continues steep decline
June 01, 2006
Here's another sign that the city of Lansing is in a steep decline, a rapid freefall that threatens to leave scars that it will never recover from: Because of an anticipated loss of students this fall, the Lansing School District anticipates laying off 50 to 100 teachers.
The school district is looking at a potential $8 million deficit that could impact every part of its efforts.
There's a momentum here that will be hard to stop. An exodus resembling what happened in the Bible's book of Numbers is happening right before our eyes. People want out of the city, and most particularly because of the schools.
Is this something that just has to be endured or what other cities have dealt with it effectively?
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