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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS spends 35k per student system wide not only at Oyster but at Amidon too.  However, that includes money spent on sp Ed and all the admins at headquarters and facilities costs.  19k for charters includes their sp Ed costs, facilities, etc.  too.  Yes, charters have sp ed kids which they have to provide FAPE just like DCPS but have to do it with less money.

Despite the inherent unfairness in funding, charters are doing well including Kipp.

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I looked it up. Oyster has $11,391 per student - this data point comes straight from the budget:
http://dc.gov/DCPS/Files/downloads/ABOUT%20DCPS/Budget%20-%20Finance/FY13%20documents/Final%20School%20Allocations-FY13/DCPS-OYSTERADAMS-Allocation-FY13.pdf[/quote]

That factsheet appears to only list key staff funding.  Note the absence of all of the other things that Oyster Adams is provided via DCPS, such things like textbooks and materials, the building, utilities and other infrastructure (huge expenses).  Charters have to provide and pay for all those things on their own.  The cost shown in the factsheet is just a small percentage of the overall cost of Oyster Adams.  [/quote]

Many of you are laboring under the wrong impression that Oyster is the recipient of endless DCPS cash.  The school has to maintain two buildings with the funding it receives for only one building.  The two teachers per class?  Gone for most grades due to budget cuts.  Oyster has to do a lot with a little, just like many other urban schools.  Although there is always room for improvement,  Oyster does a fantastic job, and that should be applauded.  I'm not trying to dump on charters, but many of you never miss an opportunity to denigrate DCPS when it's in the charters' favor.  Oyster is a shining example of a DCPS success, despite the many people who have tried to destroy it (both within and without) over the years.  Just acknowledge its  accomplishments without trying to explain it away with false statements (I.e., ...but it receives more funding...but it has complete control over admissions...but its been around longer and you know older means better...but, but, but).[/quote]

The point is that Oyster gets much more funding and has more resources than any of the immersion charters.  Plus they are allowed to give preferences (for Spanish speakers) and are in-bounds in a high SES area.  It's the only EoP equivalent to the JKLMM schools.   Oyster has higher DC CAS scores than any of the immersion charters.  So.... Oyster should have high scores considering all the advantages they have.[/quote]

[b]No Oyster doesn't get much more funding (read the link above).[/b] It just produces better results with it's resources.  Oyster has no control over the large influx of English speakers in k,  which throws its balance off and makes it harder to teach the target language.  Plus, Oyster isn't full immersion in PK and k like most charters.  Btw, LAMB is notorious for providing an admissions preference for Spanish speakers--they just do it from the waitlist.  And one more thing, Oyster is WoP, Adams is east--get your geography straight.[/quote]

[b]The link above was already addressed[/b] - the budget figures cited are just a small part of their overall budget, it did not include facilities budget, textbooks or anything else, it was just for staffing alone.  It costs a lot more to maintain and run a school than just staff salaries.  DCPS is still spending almost twice as much per student through Oyster and other DCPS schools than what the charters get.  And, by the way, charters cannot at all count on outside funding - many get none, and there is no stability in grants and foundation money.[/quote]

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