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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes look at Maret- $30,000 plus a year.  Last I saw the DCPS budget is not expanding.  Every non-classroom teacher (art, library, gym, special ed are more expensive for a smaller school on a per-capita basis.) [/quote]

Doesn't address the point.  Most of the special expenses (science labs, media centers, playing fields) are one-time costs.  After that, staff appropriately.  There's a wealth of data to support  SMALLER schools being BETTER schools.  The only reason it isn't true in DCPS, is that DCPS is a dogpile.  Middle schools shouldn't have to have 1,000 students to succeed, and if they do - that is part of the problem, not part of the solution.[/quote]

Staff appropriately is an expensive thing! As is incurring those one time costs. Plus what PP said about privates not having to deal with low-income students and all the challenges they face in their daily lives. I attended the Ward 5 mtg last week at Luke Moore Academy, a "second chance" high school. On the wall there were paragraphs by students who had to explain why they were late. One was late because her bus from Anacostia was 20 min late, then she had to take Orange/Blue to Metro Center, then Red to Brookland. Another was late because she had to take care of her grandmother who has alhzheimer's -- feed her, dress her etc. Said she hoped that she didn't get kicked out for being late but if she did, that was ok because she had to take care of her grandmother. Needless to say, privates don't have to deal with these kinds of challenges. So that is why it is different. Get it now? [/quote]

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