$2 million – Money “saved” by OUSD closing 5 neighborhood schools.
Over 1300 – Students displaced.
$1.1 Million – Spent on new portables to house about 80 displaced students at Grass Valley Elementary.
$1.5 Million – Spent on new portables to house about 90 displaced students at Burckhalter Elementary.
$2.6 Million – Total spent (so far) to house only 1/5th of displaced students.
$37 million – OUSD debt in 2003. Also, the excuse used by the state to takeover the district that year.
$107 million – OUSD debt in 2009, the year the state gave nominal control back to the school board.
$6 million – Yearly payments on state debt servicing and repayment.
$7,700,000,000,000 – Conservative estimate of Great Bank Bailout.
$0 – Estimate of Great School Bailout.
Priceless – Saving Public Education.