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Originally Posted by Bend it like Bourgeois
Your going to want to check the math on that.
if the public system gets thousands of kids back in the fold they won't come with classrooms and teachers and support staff and maintenance budgets. snuffing out private schools and charter schools will add stress to the public system, not ease it.
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That is true, but if everyone went to public schools, do think that the people who currently send their children to the private schools would accept the standards for public education that they do now? If anything, it shows that public education is underfunded.
I suggest that you go look at the link for Strathcona-Tweedsmur School on undercoverbrother's post.
This is what they pay for tuition:
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Membership Fee: $3,500
Grades 1-3: $18,175
Grades 4-6: $19,615
Grades 7-9: $20,505
Grades 10-12: $21,055
Technology Fee Grade 6-12: $620
Mandatory Transportation Fee: $500
Busing Fee: $2,570
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http://www.sts.ab.ca/Admissions/FAQ
This is how much a school district gets per student from the government:
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Kindergarten: $4012.13 per child
Grades 1 to 3: $8,024.27 per student
Grades 4 to 6: $6,561.68 per student
Grades 7 to 9: $6,561.68 per student
Grades 10 to 12: (Per CEU to a maximum of 60 CEUs per year per funded student)
Tier 1: $187.48
Tier 2: $199.81
Tier 3: $222.25
Tier 4: $112.48
ADLC course CEUs are funded at 44 per cent of the Tier Rate
The high school base rate of $6,561.68 is block funding for high school students who are coded. This includes Special Education eligibilities, Institutional and Refugee students.
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http://www.asba.ab.ca/being-a-school...ation-funding/
Since a private school is getting 60% of the money that a public school does, then Strathcona-Tweedsmur is getting an additional $4815.56 per grade 1-3 and $3937.01 per grade 4-12, so it is costing them from approximately $23000 to $25000 (not including the $3500 membership fee) to educate a child per year. Compare that to the public system that costs approximately $4000 to $5000, or about 20% of the cost. Why should the rest of society subsidize such an inefficient organization at all?