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Persuading voters to cough up more taxes is never easy. Last fall, when TIME visited Webster Groves High School in suburban St. Louis, Mo., for a special report, "A Week in the Life of a High School" (Oct. 25, 1999), school officials were anxiously plotting to put a tax increase and a new $10 million bond levy before the town's voters this spring. Altogether, the two measures, earmarked to pay for building repairs and a teacher-salary hike, would add $290 to the annual tax bill of a $144,000 home. Last month both issues passed--58% approved...
...success, according to local officials, was the active support of Webster Groves' 292 teachers, many of whom helped in the canvassing effort on behalf of a tax that would add 8% to their average $42,400 annual paycheck. Starting at 8 a.m. for four consecutive Saturdays in March, the teachers and other school supporters went door to door throughout Webster Groves. Says Cathy Vespereny, a spokeswoman for the district: "Having a teacher show up at your door had a big impact...
...Someone is blasting Billy Ray Cyrus into the courtyard. Let me regain my bearings. Hmmm, ghee? I don't know what you're talking about. Let me check Webster's. ghee: n. 1. A buttery milk concoction popular in Indian households 2. The sound one makes when they accidentally turn on the shower tap to hot, scalding water, i.e. "Gheeeeeeeee!" I'm assuming you're talking about the second one, Moop. And no, I'm too smart to do something like that...
Long led the league with 72 three-pointers this season. That leaves him one trey short of the single-season school record of 73, which is held by Keith Webster...
Gellert broke the single-season steals record previously held by Mike Gielen '89 and Keith Webster...