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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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?
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There are roughly 1200 DCPS kids placed in private schools, and roughly 40,000  kids in DCPS. At $35k per student the DCPS budget is roughly $1.4 billion. Let's say every kid in a private placement costs $50,000 per year. That's $15K more than the DCPS average, but it's only an extra $18 million out of $1.4 billion. You take that out and the per pupil remaining is $34,550.

Let's go even further and say it costs $100K per student for the private placements. That would be $78 million extra. That still leaves $33+K per student.

[quote=Anonymous] 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.  [/quote]

The only thing I would disagree with is the modifier "nearly." I might say "over" instead.
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