[Vision2020] Admin Costs

Fri, 7 Nov 2003 05:33:06 -0800

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Visionaries,

Here is an interesting tidbit of information. MSD spends far more on
administrative costs (by percentage) than any other mid-sized Idaho school
district (read: 1,500-5,000 students). And we're not just talking by a
little bit. 

  <http://courtneys.us/msd/images/Admin.jpg> 

FWIW, of all schools over 1,500 students, only one spends more (by percent)
than MSD. 

Note: this admin spending is to the expense of what it spends on actual
instruction: 

  <http://courtneys.us/msd/images/Instruction.jpg> 

By percentage, MSD is in the bottom quartile of spending for academic
instruction. 

In statistical terms, we call this an outlier -- MSD is way out of the norm.
Yet we know that MSD spends more per student than any other school district
other than Blaine County. 

Can I please have some government school supporters justify this for me?

Best,
Dale

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