The Dade County (Florida) Public Schools contracted with Strategy Research, Incorporated, to conduct a telephone survey of 400 Dade County registered voters. Focus was on determining the extent of support for a bond issue/tax increase to provide funds for the building and renovation of schools. Survey findings indicated that respondents: (1) perceived a need to build and renovate schools in Dade County; (2) supported a bond issue until they were notified of the associated property tax increase (PTI), at which time support fell from 80% to 67% in favor of a PTI; (3) generally felt satisfied with local public schools; (4) preferred larger classes to help solve school overcrowding if additional funding was not available; (5) judged themselves to be more familiar with public schools than is generally found to be the case nationwide; (6) rated school personnel higher than did respondents participating in national surveys; and (7) viewed the local school systems as improving in the past few years. Priority issues indicated by respondents included student dropouts, a lack of teachers, and a lack of discipline. Twelve data tables are provided, and the 44-item telephone survey is appended. (TJH)