tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post3547585365621123633..comments2024-03-27T20:01:11.889-07:00Comments on Seattle Schools Community Forum: Paying for Education (By County)Melissa Westbrookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179994245880629080noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-53671740516968364442011-02-22T22:46:00.213-08:002011-02-22T22:46:00.213-08:00Let's stop being so "nice" and "...Let's stop being so "nice" and "politically correct" and stand up for our children here in King County!<br /><br />I've never thought taxes here were too high and haven't minded paying "my share", but I'm getting tired of all the rural freeloaders posing as rugged freeloaders.wsnorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795943009142572757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-76350558438067686232011-02-22T16:34:33.590-08:002011-02-22T16:34:33.590-08:00That still doesn't make any sense. It's t...That still doesn't make any sense. It's the same difference as the Adam's Count spending of $46,000 per student. That too is is a statistical anomoly. Why? They probably still funded some basic thing that couldn't be spread out over an entire district.... exactly like any other high cost, exactly like a high cost student with a disability. How many such $100,000 students are there? Less than a handful. Furthermore, it is pretty obvious that funding for special education indeed was part of the mix given the King County expenses report. It limits the credibility of the study when you selectively decide what is and what is not basic education, and then you fail to disclose exactly what you mean. Students with disabilities account for 13% of the state.<br /><br />SPED parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-61348410364742738032011-02-22T15:30:51.836-08:002011-02-22T15:30:51.836-08:00"Why is disability, which is at fact of life ..."Why is disability, which is at fact of life for everyone, considered "skewing the data"?"<br /><br />My guess would be largely because the incidence of high-expense disabilities could be very unequally represented, especially in a very small school district. There might be a rural district that's paying 100K/student including special education funds because their funding a small number of children who have expensive needs within their already small population. <br /><br />I don't think Goldstein meant to exclude special needs funding from basic education, merely to account for statistical aberrations of big but rare costs.zbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205346985598789513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-54524603866095537172011-02-22T12:32:47.732-08:002011-02-22T12:32:47.732-08:00Special education is part of "basic education...Special education is part of "basic education" by all definitions. That is, students with disabilities are supposed to receive "basic education" funding and are also considered general education students. Did they consider any of the funding to special education students when making these claims? Why is disability, which is at fact of life for everyone, considered "skewing the data"? All districts contain students with disabilities. I'm sure if you looked at the special education funding you might find something similar. In point of fact, when Goldstein says students in King County receive $11,839 / student... he most assuredly <i>is</i> counting in the special education monies sent to the district on behalf of disabled students.<br /><br />SPED parentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-71376419771721734552011-02-22T10:10:35.082-08:002011-02-22T10:10:35.082-08:00"subsidies that we cannot continue to maintai..."subsidies that we cannot continue to maintain at adequate levels without support from our rural neighbors to raise the taxes necessary to pay for them."<br /><br />I think this is the key relevant point. Many (relatively) affluent Seattlites are willing to provide the subsidies to educate children in rural Washington. They're willing to have their taxes be high enough to pay for that subsidy. But, that willingness breaks down if it means at the expense of not having acceptable (and even excellent) public schools for their own children. <br /><br />I don't want it to be a game where adults play chicken over the fate of the children. But if it turns out that way, I'll vote to support education of children in Seattle over other priorities, including the equally deserving children in rural Washington.zbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13205346985598789513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-30207708234408071132011-02-22T09:43:58.015-08:002011-02-22T09:43:58.015-08:00I think the same argument can be made on the Feder...I think the same argument can be made on the Federal level in regards to red/blue states. Oh the irony!SolvayGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12709893209963350066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28765366.post-6715402864771330402011-02-22T09:42:53.346-08:002011-02-22T09:42:53.346-08:00Nice chart. Thanks for sharing.
Seattle gets $0....Nice chart. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Seattle gets $0.36 cents on every tax dollar paid.Kathynoreply@blogger.com