CAR, my numbers were from greatschools.org 3-4 years ago. It was $12-13k back then. So, it seems like there are a lot of budget cut over the last few years. But based on the parents I talked to with kids in public schools, the class size has also risen over the last few years as well. So, although the expenditure went down, our children got the short end of that stick. At a private school, $10k will get you a class size that’s 1/2 of what it is in public school. So, something is not adding up. I actually don’t want spending cut for education, I just want to get more for our tax dollar. Maybe it’s the fact that public school is much more top heavy (as you stated) that’s the reason why we’re spending so much and get so little.
As to my main point of choice. Again, I’ll repeat, you seem to be perfectly satisfied w/ the status quo. I’m not. We’ll just leave it at that.
FYI, I’m not complaining, just stating what I see. I’m fully aware of those schools you mentioned. I’m pretty sure I’ve spent more time and energy researching education options for my kids than most parents out there. I wanted more choices and I wanted those choices to be much easier for achieve for your average parents. I want the choices to be front and center for them. I want a lot more High Tech High like schools all over so people don’t have to get wait listed and hoping their kids are the lucky few to get in. I want it spread through out the entire county so parents don’t have to make a big sacrifice to send their kids to good schools. I want inter/intra district transfer to be the thing of the past and any kid can go to any school that their parents wants as long as there are space. So on and so forth. I.E. I want a lot more choices. While you’re satisfied w/ the choice we have today. We’ll just have to agree to disagree.
