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1. 1. JS Online: School voucher program continues to grow

   www.jsonline.com/news/metro/oc - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/11/2002   Last Visited: 10/11/2002

   Van Dunk said the number of private-school students in Milwaukee has declined slowly over the last 13 years, and went down by more than 1,300 between 2001 and 2002.
   
   "We are not simply adding new kids into the system, but making substitutions," she said.
   
   Brother Bob Smith, the president of Messmer Catholic Schools, which has two programs that accept vouchers, said he attributes the overall decline in private school enrollment to the floundering economy.
   
   "I think the economy has been an issue in some ways because people are opting away from private education if they have to pay tuition," he said.
   
   Smith attributed the steady growth in the voucher program to several different factors, but said it might have been spurred along recently by the Supreme Court's decision in June that the 6-year-old voucher program in Cleveland does not violate the constitutional standard against government support of religion.

2. 2. School voucher program continues to grow

   www.childrenfirstamerica.org/D - [Cached]

   Published on: 10/11/2002   Last Visited: 11/5/2002

   Van Dunk said the number of private-school students in Milwaukee has declined slowly over the last 13 years, and went down by more than 1,300 between 2001 and 2002.
   
   "We are not simply adding new kids into the system, but making substitutions," she said.
   
   Brother Bob Smith, the president of Messmer Catholic Schools, which has two programs that accept vouchers, said he attributes the overall decline in private school enrollment to the floundering economy.
   
   "I think the economy has been an issue in some ways because people are opting away from private education if they have to pay tuition," he said.
   
   Smith attributed the steady growth in the voucher program to several different factors, but said it might have been spurred along recently by the Supreme Court's decision in June that the 6-year-old voucher program in Cleveland does not violate the constitutional standard against government support of religion.