What are the chances of APS cutting TJHSST in the future?

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Anonymous wrote:What's the difference between a Governor's school and Governor's academy?

I would like to know this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FCPS tuition for TJ is less than the APS per capita expenditure. So not saving anything by cutting. Maybe the gas for busses to and from Annandale. Should send them all to TJ. Would cost LESS. haha.

Your math is …

For a student going to TJ, APS actually pays the money to FFX. You understand this right?

Those per capita calculations are taking every student in the county and dividing it by APS ENTIRE budget. Educating those handful of extra TJ kids at already built APS buildings, already hired teachers, already hired counselors, already purchased textbooks/ipads, does not IN FACT cost taxpayers the amount it costs to send them to TJ. Which is why we complain.

Right. APS pays the money to Fairfax, but then has one less student in overcrowded APS schools. I realize there is some economy of scale here where we can’t lose TOO many kids and still be able to hire teachers and keep the lights on, but the math absolutely works out when you take a handful of students out of the system.