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Wednesday, March 18,2009

POP QUIZ

POP QUIZ

Welcome to the YES! Weekly pop quiz, where we ask politicians and public servants about their jobs. This week, we address questions to
the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board. The rules are simple: no research, no callbacks.

Q U E S T I O N S

1. Last month, Gov. Beverly Perdue transferred $50 million from a public fund that directly impacts education in order to help balance the state budget. It was a fund lawmakers promised to not touch when it was created in 2005. Name the fund.

2. How big of a budget shortfall is the state facing next year?

3. How much money did North Carolina public schools receive from the economic stimulus package passed by Congress last month? A. $50-$100 million; B. $100- $200 million; C. $200-$300 million; D. More than $300 million

Marilyn Parker, District 2:

1. Education lottery fund. [ ]
2. I don’t know. [X]
3. A [X]

Geneva Brown, District 1:

1. I don’t know. [X]
2. I don’t know. [X]
3. I don’t know. [X]

A N S W E RS

1. Education lottery fund.
2. $3 billion
3. C. $ 257.5 million

Shame - Shame - Shame - Shame
The following school board members did not return calls: Buddy Collins, atlarge; Vice-Chair Jane Goins, District 2; Victor Johnson Jr., District 1; Chairman Donny Lambeth, at-large; Jeannie Metcalf, District 2; Elisabeth Motsinger, District 2; Jill Tackabery, District

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