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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Governor’s schools are partially funded from Richmond. It would be idiotic for us to pay taxes and not get to partake in at least one of of the Governor’s schools.

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This is the dumbest line of reasoning.   Let’s all list the ways the State spends money and then say Arlington should participate even if it’s more expensive for the county to do it.   [/quote]

Can anyone demonstrate that it's more expensive to send a handful of kids to TJ?[/quote]

Teacher on AEM says APS spends  $2.5 million in tuition for TJHSST which covers about 20 teachers in APS. [/quote]

I think the line item in Duran’s budget presentation put it at 800,000. And that doesn’t consider the costs of bringing those kids back into APS. [/quote]
Do you know what page that is on? I did a search for TJ and didn’t see it[/quote]

It is on page 302 of the big budget document. APS spent $1.7m on TJ this year, and is budgeting $2.5m next year due to "additional costs" of the program. (APS doesn't specify if this is busing or a tuition transfer to FCPS.) So $2.5m divided by 100 kids is $25k per kid... which is the same average cost per kid that APS baked into their budget. The question is whether the kids going to TJ cost more or less to educate than the average APS student. If they cost less than average, then APS saves money by bringing them back into the Arlington high schools. It doesn't look like Duran is actually proposing this though...? [/quote]

Jesus.  You people need to read the math acceleration board.   The avg cost per student is taking all the costs, including building depreciation and APS lawsuit settlements and paying for private special Ed testing for certain kids by all the kids in the county.  By contrast, APS just PAYS $25k per kid to TJ.  That is not the same.   [/quote]

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