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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OK, I've been running the numbers as an impartial third party (my field of expertise is school finance -- no children in any language immersion school). It seems that Oyster Adams receives $11,391 per pupil in combined federal and district allocations. LAMB receives $20,391 per pupil in combined federal and district allocations. Using the DC PCSB budget data, it seems that LAMB spends $3,638 on rent, depreciation, interest, utilities etc). Accounting for these extra expenses that DCPS schools do not bear, LAMB still has a per pupil allocation of $16,753.[/quote]

Keep subtracting, you still aren't at an apples to apples comparison.  Go back and look at all of the other things missing from the Oyster budget sheet like school lunches and everything else.  Plus, I really don't think "discretionary spending" on the Oyster sheet is what you think it is, since it's just 2.7% of the budget.  For example, I seriously doubt it actually does cover textbooks as claimed - and I likewise remember reading that DCPS central office manages the textbooks and many other things that would not be included in the Oyster budget.[/quote]

Yes, PLEASE keep subtracting until you reach a number that puts Oyster’s per pupil funding below the immersion charters’ funding.  I will NOT be satisfied until I can show that Oyster’s higher tests scores are due entirely to student funding (or its location, or its admissions policy, or its age, or…).  That can be the only explanation damn it!  Lol![/quote]

There's a lot of obfuscation and underreporting going on at DCPS, overall it's closer to $30,000 being spent per student in DCPS schools:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-mcshane/dc-public-schools-grossly_b_1638663.html - There's a lot more going to schools like Oyster than what the budget figure shows.  Either that, or there is nearly $20,000 per student just completely vanishing into a black hole at DCPS central office.  Per outside sources there's far more money going into DCPS schools.  And before anyone makes any accusations about the accuracy or reliability of those sources of information, those spending numbers are also reflected in official Census Bureau statistics  http://www2.census.gov/govs/school/10f33pub.pdf[/quote]

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