Reply #45: Actually,Ector County has nearly no ag business.

[mbperrin]

That would be Seminole, Hockley and others north of us. We own the Permian Basin oilfield, where production peaked in 1972.Population kept growing, though, so we do receive Robin Hood funding.

As long as someone favors higher quality education for some children over others based on the (I suppose) God-ordained distribution of random geologic elements (or the large headquarters buildings and related jobs erected on those proceeds, even though miles from the original source), then sure,do away with Robin Hood.

This area has 3/4 the average income of the rest of Texas, 1/2 the real estate value, and I believe that our children are in need of education as much as any others.

Yes, I do teach at the other high school here in town and was raised here. Odessa High is 68% Hispanic, 86% free-lunch qualified, and 96 years old.