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Article: Leaders, Taxpayers, Firms Criticized for Inaction on Central Florida Problems.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- April 21, 2002
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Byline: Scott Maxwell
Apr. 21--Ten years ago, when John Hitt came to Orlando to run Central Florida's flagship university, he thought he was arriving in a metropolitan region on the move.
"There was a sense of infinite possibility in this community," said Hitt, president of the University of Central Florida. "People were very optimistic about the future."
Times have changed.
Schools are underfunded, overcrowded and, in Orange County, graduate only six of 10 students on time. While SAT scores were near the nation's average in 1992, they're now 23 points below. The average commuter now spends 50 minutes a day on clogged roads, slightly ...