tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post5489442833632075882..comments2024-03-29T04:34:05.185-04:00Comments on CURMUDGUCATION: School Choice Does Not Reduce the Cost of EducationPeter Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16511193640285760299noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6534665086749553287.post-46854647755327026382014-06-02T07:34:27.276-04:002014-06-02T07:34:27.276-04:00In my school district your example works perfectly...In my school district your example works perfectly. We get our first for-profit corporate chain charter schools this coming school year (3). It's school system budget season, and this year it's all about the deficit due to the charters. The cost of teaching a child "follows the child" to the charters. Our state sends the state portion of funding directly to the charter per child, and THEN takes from the school district state funding a portion to offset our local tax share -- by reducing the district state-money and sending that to the charter as local tax offset. As you describe, the reduced costs to the local district come in small scattered increments because our charter schools can pull form any school in the local district or the state! And the new charters are pulling small numbers of students in many grades from all around in driving distance - because guess what? - no buses. So, yes. Our local district budget will be cut, our choice district-based programs, arts academies, STEM academies - who knows if they will make it? But we do have 3 built-over-night charter school coming to town. One is in an old grocery store. Don't even get me talking about the ridiculously high rent these charter chain corporations charge among their subsidiary construction corporations. Add it all up - it's more costly than a unified public system. It does direct harm to the budget for public schools.Ann Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04644303974065183711noreply@blogger.com