02-26-2014, 05:22 PM
Kirt,
I agree with a lot of what you say, but as both a charter school teacher and a former small business owner (20+ years before I became a teacher) I think your loose analysis does miss a lot of the required overhead that is hammering charter schools because small charter schools lack the economies of scale to absorb things like secretaries, front office people, counselors, SSC (student services coordinators who do very important work), book keepers, administration, title I coordinators and so on. When the cost of these people are spread across literally thousands of students at DOE schools, instead of hundreds at charter and small schools, it is easy to see why charter schools and small rural community schools are really hurting.
Carol
I agree with a lot of what you say, but as both a charter school teacher and a former small business owner (20+ years before I became a teacher) I think your loose analysis does miss a lot of the required overhead that is hammering charter schools because small charter schools lack the economies of scale to absorb things like secretaries, front office people, counselors, SSC (student services coordinators who do very important work), book keepers, administration, title I coordinators and so on. When the cost of these people are spread across literally thousands of students at DOE schools, instead of hundreds at charter and small schools, it is easy to see why charter schools and small rural community schools are really hurting.
Carol
Carol
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb