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MMSD Today

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Vol. I No. 2 - December 19, 2005

A Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Madison School District?

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1.  Compared to last year, the tax levy for MMSD taxpayers for this year:

  1. went up about 3%
  2. went up about 1%
  3. stayed about the same
  4. went down about 1%

2.  The latest that MMSD snow plowing can start and still have all the school parking lots completed before school starts is:

  1. 12:00 a.m.
  2. 1:00 a.m.
  3. 2:00 a.m.
  4. 3:00 a.m.
3.  What percentage of 2004-05 MMSD graduates indicated that their post-graduation plans will involve vocational or technical college?
  1. 10%
  2. 20%
  3. 25%
  4. 35%
4.  In which chronological order were these three middle schools originally built?
  1. Black Hawk, Hamilton, Whitehorse
  2. Whitehorse, Hamilton, Black Hawk
  3. Hamilton, Black Hawk, Whitehorse
  4. Hamilton, Whitehorse, Black Hawk
5.   Overcrowding: the Madison School District began in 1838 (before the City of Madison was created.)  When overcrowding FIRST became a school issue here in 1841, what was the chosen solution?
  1. build more shelves on which to place the younger students
  2. teach some students in the back room of an adjacent tavern
  3. build an addition to the existing school
  4. bring in a portable classroom

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Answers:

1.   d.  The tax levy went down 1.03%.  Tell that to your friends.

2.   c.   2:00 a.m.  See the snow plowing article in this edition of MMSD Today

3.   b.   20%

4.   b.  Whitehorse – 1952, Hamilton – 1957, Black Hawk – 1959

5.   a.   Yes, shelves.  No kidding.

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