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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gotta love these posters sending their kids to $50,000/year private schools or public schools that have teams for every sport, every advanced class, school trips etc saying “money doesn’t matter.”[/quote]

DC spends more money per capita that any of the NOVA districts. Baltimore City outspends Howards and MoCo. The extra money doesn't seem to matter much [/quote]

I’m thinking that in poorer areas, the school district is spending more money but it’s being spent on different things than in the public school districts in wealthier areas. So in a wealthy area, per capita spending may be lower but the money they are spending can be used for things like nicer facilities, more AP classes, more enrichment opportunities for students, etc because the families in that district can cover the basics so the school spending can be spent more on “extras.” Whereas in a poorer district, they need more $$ per student just to provide free breakfast and lunch to all the kids and to purchase basic school supplies since kids can’t afford them and sometimes teachers in poorer schools get paid more because it’s a less desirable job. Most teachers want to work in wealthier school districts since it’s usually a lower stress job. It’s hard to get good teachers (or any teachers) to want to teach in districts like Baltimore city so presumably a lot of the $$ from their district is being spent on staff.[/quote]

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