I am utterly confused about all this stuff regarding the community schools offering. I understand that the community schools are entirely self sustaining and does not rely on funds from MPS. All classes there are for those community personnel that want to expand their knowledge of those respective issues and discussions. Anybody can offer to teach a class and if enrollment is sufficient to subsidize the teacher, the class is offered. Occasionally the director of that community school may decide to subsidize the class if the board of the community school or if he feels it is worthwhile to the community. In a previous list VH stated that the cost of education in MPS was 17,xxx per child. I have seen figures for 11,xxx and other numbers. In MPS, we need to look at each school and see what the cost per child is. It varies all over the place from around 5-6xxx up to 11,xxx, depending on where the child is coming from and income of the family. Averages are meaningless in MPS because of the great diversity of Minneapolis. Please don't make comparisons on incomplete or partial information. We need to look at the big picture for any comparisons. How many high schools or elementary schools are in each district. If a district has only 1-2 elementary schools and just 1 high school how can you compare it to MPS or SP which has numerous high school with diverse populations. HappyKappy Linden Hills _______________________________________
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