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Old 10-13-2010, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by spk7951 View Post
Sorry if this is high-jacking the topic of this thread but I have a question on the rent.
The employees of the businesses can benefit by their kids going to the Charter Schools, so how are the schools funded? If the funding comes out of the rent then I could understand why the rent here might be a little higher than outside of TV.
as I understand they are charter schools so they would receive funding from the students 'home' districts. ths stores go under because they pay rent and some small percentage of income to the Villages. Its hard enough for them to stay afloat with just rent to pay.