Monday, March 26, 2007
Math Kicking Explained
Larry Frank, the Albany PTA man behind the numbers used in this post writes in to explain what he meant when he felt that Albany schools needed lots and lots more money to compensate for the pain and suffering caused by the loss of students to other public schools:
Thanks for questioning my math on the cost of education in Albany. I actually did use the same numbers you use in the comment and also got to the same $131,579 per student figure; then I divided that by a kindergarten- grade 12 public education, which would be 13 years, and would result in an average per-pupil cost of about $10,000 for the cost of a public education in the Albany schools (I believe the$10K/year figure is about the cost we have for each child from our district in a charter school).
Convinced?
Thanks for questioning my math on the cost of education in Albany. I actually did use the same numbers you use in the comment and also got to the same $131,579 per student figure; then I divided that by a kindergarten- grade 12 public education, which would be 13 years, and would result in an average per-pupil cost of about $10,000 for the cost of a public education in the Albany schools (I believe the$10K/year figure is about the cost we have for each child from our district in a charter school).
Convinced?
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