If you can't think of a good reason to support school referendums, consider this:

Enlightenment Bulletin Board - Years In Small Classes In El-Ed School Yields Graduation

A new study involving a large sample of students followed for 13 years shows that four or more years in small classes in elementary school significantly increases the likelihood of graduating from high school, especially for students from low-income homes.

Enlightenment Bulletin Board - ONE-THIRD OF THOSE WHO ENTER HIGH SCHOOLS DON'T GRADUATE

"One-third of the nation's young people is a very considerable proportion," says Barton. "Almost 45 years ago, James Conant, former president of Harvard, said that the dropout problem was ‘social dynamite.' The explosion has occurred, and will continue to occur. This is seen in growing prison populations and increasing welfare costs; in ever lower wages; in a limited labor supply for, we are told, an economy with an increasing appetite for educated workers; and in the likelihood of raising a new generation with dim prospects of doing better — and perhaps of doing worse."