The first being that school budgets have always been kept low.

In about 100 districts, local officials vote on the school budget.

Last year's $85 million school budget passed on the first vote.

They approved the school budget for only the third time in 30 years, 1,064 to 1,010.

They are made for the benefit of the school budget.

"Who would want to buy a house in a city where people don't care enough to pass a school budget?"

The cost, nearly $2 million, has come out of the regular school budget.

She also found that people with higher levels of education were most likely to support school budgets over all.

As of 2010, those groups contribute $4 million per year to the school budget.

With three children in public schools here, she was especially concerned about the school budget.