[Vision2020] Admin Costs

[Rob Keenan]

Dale, your graphs are confusing. For example, in both graphs you have (if I
counted correctly) 27 bars on the graph and only 14 labels. I can't tell
what goes with what, or what I'm supposed to be looking at.

If these misleading and confusing illustrations are the basis of your
argument, I don't think you've made it quite convincing yet.

ROB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Courtney" <dmcourtn@moscow.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 5:33 AM
Subject: [Vision2020] Admin Costs


>
> 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
>
>