11.   Both the state and federal governments determine how much money they send into city schools by using average daily attendance, not enrollment.

12.   Branching out, he won city approval for new construction methods and produced new, lighter concrete and the first precast beams for city schools.

13.   A more troubling long-term issue is the possibility that affluent schools in the suburbs will always have more and better computers than big city schools.

14.   A spokeswoman said the possibilities include continuing several days into summer vacation, an option dreaded by teachers and students at the city schools that lack air-conditioning.

15.   A study of big city schools by State Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos, a Democrat, found that more incoming ninth graders dropped out than graduated on time.

16.   Advocates for some urban school districts feared it would skim the most talented students from city schools, and lead to a drop in state aid.

17.   But almost all other city schools receive less -- often much less.

18.   But city schools are also joining the trend.

19.   But city school and police officials are working together to stem their activity, he said.

20.   But given the dismal quality of many city schools, community groups have spent enormous political capital chasing ghosts.