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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lab school has powerful friends in DC even though most students are from MD and VA.

DC residents or DCPS pays annual tuition over $30,000 for students to attend Lab. Compare this with the $9,000 DC charges out of state students to attend Ellington.

Students at the closest school -key- are in trailers. This decision is not being made with the needs if DC students in mind.[/quote]

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but the Lab school is a school for special needs students.  It costs significantly more money to educate special needs students than general education students.  The reason for the cost difference is due to the fact hat many special needs students require related services that genral education students don't need like: occupational therapy, speech therapy, transition services, social-emotional services, etc.  [/quote]

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but the Lab school is a private school. Unlike public schools, [b]it has selective admissions and charges tuition to cover its costs. The vast majority of the students who attend are not DC residents. No matter how noble its mission there is no reason for the taxpayers of DC to subsidize it[/b].[/quote]

Sounds a lot like Duke Ellington.  While non-DC residents may not be a vast majority there, they are a significant share of the enrollment.  If and when their families pay out-of-state tuition for Ellington, it does not come anywhere close to covering per student operating costs, reflecting a material subsidy paid by DC taxpayers for students who don't live in the District.  Other Ellington costs (like $170 million in construction and any financing for the school renovation) are carried completely by District taxpayers.[/quote]

No Maryland child left behind![/quote]

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