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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]30,000 per student in DC.  that is what charters get and what dcps gets per student?  Holy cow!

Yes, if you give me 30,000 per kid, I'm pretty sure I could arrange an excellent education for my kids.  How can DCPS not?  Basically, they could hire like one teacher for every 5 kids? [/quote]

That's not 30k going directly to instruction. It's everything else you need to manage a large organization. It's also an average - kids with more needs get more. There is much more to running a school district than paying a teacher. [/quote]

DC has one of the highest per-pupil spending of any school district.  According to one study, DC has the highest per-pupil spending of any school district in the country.  They pay teachers very highly for the area, so that explains some of the amount.  The rest of it?  [/quote]

5 kids is 80 grand for the teacher and like 50 grand left over for rent supplies lunch (for 5 kids)  I'm thinking republicans just might have a point democrats and money etc.  vouchers aren't the answer, but let's get cut central office overhead and get back to the basics.[/quote]

Sure, get back to me with your proposal about where cuts can be made.  As for your budget - 80k salary is low, if you consider the cost of the health insurance and other benefits you'll have to provide.  Rent is easier to find if you're only housing 6 people, but you better make sure it's up to code.  You'd likely just be planning to use public playgrounds, so that's an externality you're not paying for and relying on other public agencies to pay for.  What about your library, materials, etc?  Also what about specialized courses like art, advanced math, etc?  One teacher will teach all of that?  Maybe ok for preschool, but probably not high school.  Also what about liability insurance if anything happens.  And what happens when one of those 5 students has a serious disability that costs a lot to serve?  Funds for a reading specialist, physical therapist, speech therapist ... where will they come from?  [/quote]

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