Paul Johnson wrote: > On Sunday 30 April 2006 10:57, Curt Howland wrote: > >>The public schools in the United States spend MORE THAN $10,000 (TEN >>THOUSAND DOLLARS) per student EACH YEAR, EVERY YEAR, and it's only >>going up. > > > OK, now for some numbers based in reality. My alma mater is Merlo Station > Natural Resources Science and Technology High School. It has the highest > test scores out of all schools in Oregon (public, private, or the now > practically dead charter schools[1]). It is the worst funded school in the > Beaverton School District, You could have stopped right there. The rest of your argument is no good: - you state that school is the worst funded, that means absolutely bottom of the barrel--all other schools in the district get *more* - You go on to mention all the donations, did you factor their value in the total? > at just $4,800 per student per year. I learned > Algebra out of a book that predated the end of World War II and both my > parents, but otherwise everything was fairly recent and new thanks to > generous donations from our next-door neighbors: Reeser's Fine Foods World > Headquarters, Tektronix World Headquarters, Nike World Headquarters and > Intel. > > > > [1] So far, Oregon's experience with charter schools has been 100% school > administrators stealing money: They charge tuition and draw public tax > dollars for a few months or a school year until the administrators get busted > for embezelment. > That's right. Charter schools are about the same as defense contractors. That is, they are on the public dole. That is why I am vehemently against charter schools. Private schools are the way to go. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto
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