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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow this is an interesting article. I do not understand how one school can spend more than another in the same county. Why not each school gets a certain amount per child per year? Also interesting since we pay taxes and living in pg especially in certain areas taxes are high and our kids still get less. Disturbing and I see why parents run for private. However, it is not fair for those who deserve a great education in public such as woodmore or other surrounding schools. I wonder what TAG schools Spend?[/quote]

There are a lot of factors that figure into how much money is spent per child at different schools even within the same county.  The biggest one is probably teacher experience.   Teachers with more experience are paid more in salary.   If one school has a lot of teachers who have been teaching 20+ years and are at the top of the salary scale, and anoethr school has a lot of first year teachers without MA degrees -- that will be a big difference right there.

Another factor would be how many ESOL or Special Education students the school has.  The number of these students in your school affects how much additional funding the school needs in order to hire additional staff.

A factor affecting per student cost is how big the school is.   Since every school needs to have a principal, maybe a media specialist, and certain other staff members by state law or school district policy, schools with fewer students will pay more per student than schools with more students.

Explained more here:

http://www.edexcellencemedia.net/Metro-DC-School-Spending-Explorer/#[/quote]

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