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Aound here private schools run anywhere from $20,000 to $35,000 a year
and the systems that spent the most per pupil spend less than $7,000.
If the taxpayers give coupons for private schools rather than fund the
public schools taxes would have to go up about $20,000 per student. Are
you going to vote for that tax increase?

Isn't that just exposing the imposed mediocrity of public vice private
education?


If you consider most schools run about 30 to 35 hours a week. Wouldn't that
would be about $100, $300 and $500 a semester hour? Better double check my
math, I went to public schools. But a $100 an hour doesn't sound cheap to
me.

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If you consider most schools run about 30 to 35 hours a week.
Wouldn't that would be about $100, $300 and $500 a semester hour?
Better double check my math, I went to public schools. But a $100 an
hour doesn't sound cheap to me.

I guess it's all about priorities. Most of us here spend more than that
$100/hr for our pleasure trips via airplane.

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"Maxwell" wrote in message
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If you consider most schools run about 30 to 35 hours a week.
Wouldn't that would be about $100, $300 and $500 a semester hour?
Better double check my math, I went to public schools. But a $100 an
hour doesn't sound cheap to me.

I guess it's all about priorities. Most of us here spend more than that
$100/hr for our pleasure trips via airplane.


Well John, my point was that per semester hour the cost was almost
comparable to a state university. But let's look at it your way as well.

If a child goes to school 6 hours day, 5 days a week, 36 weeks a year - they
can put 25 students in a class room and "fly" it for $162 hr.

Depending on how you spin it from there, at 6 hours a day 22 days a month -
the class room would yield a little better than $17,500 a month. Now
granted, you have to maintain the classroom and teacher all year long. But
at $160,000 a year, you should be able to afford a little downtime.

But again, I was publicly educated, so don't hold me to all this.

"Maxwell" wrote in message


Well John, my point was that per semester hour the cost was almost
comparable to a state university. But let's look at it your way as
well.

"My way" is skeptical of public education (despite [because of?] my being a
product of it).

Depending on how you spin it from there, at 6 hours a day 22 days a
month - the class room would yield a little better than $17,500 a
month. Now granted, you have to maintain the classroom and teacher
all year long. But at $160,000 a year, you should be able to afford a
little downtime.

OK. My original point was to highlight the delta between public and private
education expenditure per student. Most folks seem to consider private
education better than public. Perhaps the price reflects that and "you get
what you pay for".

Still, I'm not convinced the current public school system simply needs more
money to do its job. I like the idea of competition among schools. I also
like the idea of those folks using the system paying for the system. I'm not
thrilled with the idea that (in my county, anyway) nearly 70% of my property
taxes go to pay for a school system I no longer use.

Oh well. I guess I should just suck it up and buy the line that better
schools improve my property value, right? (Which of course means I pay more
taxes in a vicious cycle.)

Regardless, the major problem with public education as I see it (from having
just put my son through 12+ years of public schooling) is lack of
involvement by the parents.

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