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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So my quick take is that the wealthiest area schools often functionally have the most resources since the level of need per student is lower. Title 1 and focus schools have extra resources but this is in responsible to the very high needs of this population so your kids will be competing for resources  with kids often with high needs.  My children went to a focus school and yes the smaller class size was great as were some of the other resources. However because the school was high farms and high els it still struggled to meet the needs of special education students (504 plans or IEPs) and gifted students. If you need to live in a geography that sends to a Title 1 or Focus school, these can be very good schools that meet the high need of their students.   But, realize you are moving into an area of high need students.  Often these schools will have a less involved parent population (parents working multiple jobs) so the schools will not have the parent financial and volunteer support available at other schools. My advice for someone with a special needs child is I think the old adage of get the cheapest housing in the wealthiest area.  As for gifted, the wealthy areas will also have more resources since more parents will be providing tutoring and pushing for accelerated options. If your child is very gifted then there are true gifted magnet programs, which require budding usually, that they can attempt to gain entrance to. [/quote]

As someone who works at an affluent school, I'd say we get the least amount of resources because it's seen as we can handle it and don't need it. We get less staffing...we don't have focus teachers, extra special Education teachers, full time reading initiative, and larger class sizes. The most we have for the gifted kid is elc and compact math. We do have a great pta. [/quote]

Of course wealthy schools have less resources that Title 1 and Focus schools. That is the entire point of a school being Title 1 or Focus. PP was saying wealthy schools have more resources [b]relative to the need[/b]. The students at wealthy schools do not have the same needs as students as low income schools.

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That's really odd because that other post that shows spending per student at various HS in moco shows that its higher at places like Whitman and CHurchill with &lt;5% FARMS than Blair which is closer to 40%, the county average.[/quote]
A big part of spending per school is due to longevity of staff. For a variety of reasons, some schools have older staff, those staff get higher on the pay scale.

But, sure, spin it to find a conspiracy - it's the DCUM Way![/quote]

High income schools have more experienced staff. It's not a "conspiracy" - it's a reality.[/quote]

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