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**Pete** · 02-15-2010, 15:11

The money trail? Can't find it.

I got all worked up about the school money issue years back when the kids were first starting out in public school. The system was beating us up about the reduced/free lunch paperwork.

So I started asking what I thought were basic questions. Like how many people are employed by the county school system, how much does the system make per child, etc, etc. Simple stuff. You could not get a straight answer from anybody.

How many are employed? The number depends - some/most were funded by the county, some the state and some federal grants. So the total number "Sorry, we don't have that". Total money - depends, you have the county money, Military impact money, state money, and misc federal money.

Getting a straight answer was like sticking you hand into a barrel full of snakes and trying to grab the bottom one's lip.

So using just the county and state figures not the federl impact money, each classroom at the time was pulling in around $90,000 with the teacher getting about $34,000. Hmmmmm.

And don't get me started on Military Impact Aid. The school system is funded by property taxes and everybody who lives off post pays property taxes one way or the other. The base has everything except a High School and there are very few kids in High School living on post.

OK, thats my rant for the day.

02-15-2010, 15:11	#14
Pete Quiet Professional Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fayetteville Posts: 13,080	The money trail? The money trail? Can't find it. I got all worked up about the school money issue years back when the kids were first starting out in public school. The system was beating us up about the reduced/free lunch paperwork. So I started asking what I thought were basic questions. Like how many people are employed by the county school system, how much does the system make per child, etc, etc. Simple stuff. You could not get a straight answer from anybody. How many are employed? The number depends - some/most were funded by the county, some the state and some federal grants. So the total number "Sorry, we don't have that". Total money - depends, you have the county money, Military impact money, state money, and misc federal money. Getting a straight answer was like sticking you hand into a barrel full of snakes and trying to grab the bottom one's lip. So using just the county and state figures not the federl impact money, each classroom at the time was pulling in around $90,000 with the teacher getting about $34,000. Hmmmmm. And don't get me started on Military Impact Aid. The school system is funded by property taxes and everybody who lives off post pays property taxes one way or the other. The base has everything except a High School and there are very few kids in High School living on post. OK, thats my rant for the day.
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