Are transportation costs for academic programs and the DCC/NEC really only a few million dollars?

[Anonymous]

I was looking at the Metis Report from 2016 (fascinating to read for a bunch of reasons, by the way!) and I noticed that they found the transportation costs for the DCC and NEC to only be $837K and $690K respectively, and for all 14 special academic programs they were looking at (10 high school programs and 4 middle school magnets) to be $1.2 million combined. I know that was almost 10 years ago, but even if you double it for inflation it would be less than $3 million for the consortia combined and less than $2.5 million for the special programs-- in other words, around 1/1000th of the district's $3B+ budget.

Does anyone have any more updated information, or does that sound right? I was assuming it was way higher-- even though I know budgets are tight and every million counts, this honestly makes me feel like we shouldn't stress about the financial implications of busing kids to regional/magnet programs (or consider the cost savings of busing as a primary reason to get rid of consortiums.)

[Anonymous]

How many kids participate in going to a different school within the consortia? What is the price per student bused?

Now, what is the number of students that would be bused in the regional model? Is it bigger or smaller?

[Anonymous]

The added transportation cost at parents and other fellow citizens is not included and hard to be estimated. Bus-in bus-out for the entire county is going to bring tremendous burden to every local road and highways. As a taxpayer, I’m not happy about the current traffic condition and can’t imagine what it will look like in the future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The added transportation cost at parents and other fellow citizens is not included and hard to be estimated. Bus-in bus-out for the entire county is going to bring tremendous burden to every local road and highways. As a taxpayer, I’m not happy about the current traffic condition and can’t imagine what it will look like in the future.

What does "bus-in bus-out for the entire county" mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The added transportation cost at parents and other fellow citizens is not included and hard to be estimated. Bus-in bus-out for the entire county is going to bring tremendous burden to every local road and highways. As a taxpayer, I’m not happy about the current traffic condition and can’t imagine what it will look like in the future.

What does "bus-in bus-out for the entire county" mean?

It means PP is talking out of their a$$