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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The discussion about how much FCPS is going to be spending per pupil at Skyview led me to question what VDOE has been reporting FCPS as spending per pupil at each high school.

The latest VDOE data is from 2023-24:

Lewis $20,687
Falls Church $20,557
Mount Vernon $20,284
Chantilly $19,562
Annandale:  $19,535
West Potomac $19,353
Edison $19,231
Herndon $19,205
Justice $18,837
TJ $18,756 [possibly supplemented with private donations through the TJ Partnership Fund]
Fairfax $18,739
South Lakes $18,524
Centreville $18,413
Marshall $18,371
Madison $18,187
Woodson $18,140
Westfield $18,121
Hayfield $17,776
Robinson $17,658
Lake Braddock $17,519
South County $17,456
McLean $16,934
Langley $16,881
West Springfield $16,729
Oakton $16,676

Some of the differences seem fairly obvious.  High schools with more poor kids and/or Academy programs get the most money.  The 7-12 secondary schools are reported as getting less money per pupil because less is spent on kids in grades 7-8 than in grades 9-12.  High schools with fewer poor kids, no Academy programs, and AP get the least money.  However, it's not clear why schools like Madison and Woodson get more per student than South County, or over $1,000 more per student than McLean, Langley, West Springfield, and Oakton.  [/quote]

Why exactly do the RIO mommies want to stay at Oakton?[/quote]

Langley, McLean, and Oakton don’t have high numbers of ELL or specialized SPED programs, like CSS so the money that they get goes to more of the students instead of being focused on ELL and high need SPED students. They like it that way. [/quote]

It's more like FCPS likes to shortchange these schools whenever it has a chance. [/quote]

No, it’s that the kids at those schools don’t need specialized programs with additional adults to help them learn. Instead they have more AP classes offered, fewer in class disruptions, and fewer issues caused by poverty, learning issues, and emotional dysregulation. [/quote]

PP’s head would explode if there were distinct numbers provided for the per-SPED and ELL pupil at each school. 
My kid is at a school in the middle of the list that has a lot of ELL. I’ll bet the per pupil at his school for non-SPED non-ELL is lower than Langley or McLean.

But yes, adding a lot of ELL students in the course of a few years definitely changes things.[/quote]

DP.  Of course, that’s speculative without the data to back it up, but if you want to add more special education kids to a school like McLean that’s seen 375 kids redistricted to Langley over the past five years we should be talking again about when they plan to renovate and expand MHS.  It does currently provide services to students with autism.  [/quote]

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