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                                     EDUCATION MATTERS


                                                             I expected a mixture of Dallas,  with had waited for over a year to
       R.T. Fancy                      LOCAL               Dynasty and Hill Street Blues,  get a plumber and then 'It had
                                     TEACHER               images from the T.V. screen.  cost them and arm and a leg!'...
          Landscape                                        What I found was warm friendly  its nice to see that some things are
          Gardener in           VISITS THE USA             people happy to talk to strangers,  similar to good old Britain.
        West Swindon            Whenever anybody important  delighted to explain the American   To walk any sort of distance
                                goes to the USA they always seem  systems, both school and national.   when a car can give you a ride
     20 years of experience.  to visit Boston. Kenneth Baker,   The school itself is situated 45   seems very strange to this car
                                Minister for Education and  mins to the north of Boston,  orientated society, drive-in banks,
        Turfing, Paving,        Norman Fowler, Minister for  serving 3 small towns, the biggest  drive-in shopping malls, but thank
             Fencing,           Employment went there last year.  of which is Boxford. The first  goodness they still believe in
     Planting new Gardens                                  image of the school was one of  getting out of the car to go to
     Rockery Construction,      This year James Williams, Deputy  sheer size, land is not a problem  school. The lessons seemed the
                                Head of Greendown visited a  in the USA and therefore the state  same, perhaps education is the
           Pergolas etc.        Musconomet School just before  is generous to both schools and  same the world over? It certainly
           New gardens          Easter.                    householders alike.         seemed as if I was in a school in
                                                             The catchment area is also very  the heart of rural England.
           TEL: 875174                                     large, some of the pupils spend up   As to the future, the staff and
                                                           to 1 hour on the bus before  parents of Musconomet were fas-
                    BATHE                                  reaching school . . . school starts  cinated by the education system
                                                           at 7.30 a.m.! This could also  in Britain, and Greendown in
                                                           explain why the pupils car park  particular, and kept the questions
                  & SELBY                                  was about 10 times the size of the  going for over three and a half
                                                           staff one.
                                                                                       hours. There is also a strong
                                                             America obviously has some  possibility that we can exchange
      MANOR ROAD, WESTCOTT PLACE                           very difficult areas with specific  pupils (for harrassed parents, I'm
                SWINDON. TEL: 29352                        problems but this is not one of  afraid not premanently!) so that
                                                           them. Boxford ranks as one of  your children could have first
                (Behind Mike Knight Tyres)                 America's top 100 richest towns,  hand, first rate experience of the
                                                           with the budget for the school  American school system and way
            •  ACCIDENT REPAIRS                             for the year 1988/89 being  of life.
                                                            $7,000,000, (nearly £4 million)   To summerise, a fabulous ex-
                                                             Food, clothes and cars were all  perience that others can share in
            •  SERVICING                                    of a similar price or even slightly  the future, a link that should last
                                                            cheaper than this country, the  for a number of years with a
            •  MOT TESTS                                   house prices and wages were a lot  benefit to both schools.
                                                            higher. The people that I stayed


          OLD                                                                                   OLD

        TOWN                                                                                  TOWN

       512122                                                                                512122










      £73,950 Old Town. Entrance hail, lounge!
      dining room, kitchen/breakfast room, 3   £72,000 Wroughton. Entrance hall,   £53,950 Old Town. Entrance porch,   £69,950 Old Town, Entrance hail, lounge/
      bedrooms, bathroom, workshop,   sitting room, lounge, kitchen/breakfast   lounge/dining room, kitchen, bathroom,   dining room, kitchen, 3 bedrooms,
      secondary double glazing, gas central   room 3 bedrooms, bathroom, large   conservatory, 3 bedrooms, garden. Old   bathroom, gas central heating, large
      heating: Old Town 512122.   garden. Old Town 512122.   Town 512122.              corner plot, garage. Old Town 512122.








                                 £62,995 Eldene. Entrance hall, lounge,
                                 kitchen/breakfast room, conservatory, 2   £49,995 Old Town. Entrance hall, lounge/   £43,950 Old Town, Entrance hail, lounge,
      £62,995 Old Town. Entrance hail, lounge,   bedrooms, bathroom, double glazing,   dining room, refined kitchen, bathroom,   fitted kitchen, double bedroom, bath/
      dining room, kitchen, 2 large bedrooms,   gas central heating, garage. Old Town   cellar/storeroom, 2 bedrooms, large   shower room, cavity wall insulation. Old
      bathroom. Old Town 512122.   512122.                  gardens. Old Town 512122   Town 512122.
      £59,950 Eldene. Entrance lobby, entrance   £78,500 Old Town. Entrance hail, lounge,   £81,500 Old Town. Separate reception   £54,500 Liden. Refined kitchen, spacious
      hall, lounge, dining room, study, kitchen,   sitting room, dining room, kitchen,   rooms, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, garage/   lounge, 3 bedrooms, bathroom, gas
      3 bedrooms, bathroom, garage. Old   conservatory, 3 bedrooms, garage, gas   utility, kitchen, gas central heating, 200 ft   central heating, garage. Old Town
      Town 512122.               central heating Old Town 512122.   rear garden. Old Town 512122.   512122




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