I’ll always wondered what schools really cost and where the money goes… I ran across this article and thought it was pretty interesting. Basically it is saying that despite claiming $8,322 cost per pupil in DC the actual cost is more like $24,600 once you take all the costs into account. Funny thing is that very nice private schools only cost around $10,000 per pupil… Generally private schools give a better educational experience with higher graduate rates. Sooo a better education for cheaper… Who wouldn’t want that? The interesting thing is that most public schools are in trouble financially right now, and pretty much always. I can’t think of a year that went by when the public school systems asked for more money.
The point I’d like to make is don’t take the numbers that schools give you at face value. The chances are that they are getting more money than you think and really should be able to make due with what they have, but it seems that a lot of schools are mismanaged and money is wasted on trivial things.
