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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

For the love of God, why can’t you seem to grasp the fact that the $30-$35k amount is the AVERAGE amount, per pupil, spent across DCPS?  You do understand what average means, right?  DCPS has to educate special needs students, and they tend to ship the more serious cases off to very expensive private schools that can cost upwards of $40 or $50k. That amount RAISES the average amount spent per pupil.  Got it?
It has already been proven that Oyster receives less money than LAMB, but its students perform much better on the CAS.  I know that it pains you greatly to face this fact, but please try to come to grips with the truth.  As someone mentioned above, you should be happy that DCPS has schools like Oyster that are actually delivering value for money.  Why aren’t you happy that Oyster is doing well?  Please direct your criticism towards schools that are far more deserving (i.e., Wilson).    
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For the love of God, when will you understand that it's not so much about Oyster as it is about comparing charters to DCPS schools.

And, for the love of God, when will you understand that the Oyster budget link that was provided does not include many big-ticket items, like facilities.

But if instead you want to stick to your guns and pretend that's the real cost for a DCPS school like Oyster, then given the average DCPS spending of kids of $30,000 that means that if you look at the math, then for every student that only costs DCPS $11,000, you'd to have other students elsewhere in the DCPS system that cost $50,000 or more in order to arrive at an average of $30,000 per student, which really does not help in the "DCPS vs. Charter" debate.

I'm sure you could pick any DCPS school out there and yet won't see any of them showing the real spending number of $30,000 per student, again it's hidden through underreporting and obfuscation - and pretending that those budget numbers are real isn't going to change the reality of it all.[/quote]

You are truly a lost cause.  Maybe you can get someone over at the Washington Post to investigate your conspiracy theories.  Better yet, tell it to your therapist.[/quote]

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