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Property taxes might be the same but money available for the school can change dramatically when kids of rich parents attend because of PTA fund raising. In Ca
by simulate 10y ago
Property taxes might be the same but money available for the school can change dramatically when kids of rich parents attend because of PTA fund raising.
In California schools are poorly funded but some public schools manage to raise thousands of dollars per student through the PTA. http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2014-02/how-budget-cuts-and-PTA-fundraising-undermined-equity-in-san-francisco-public-schools http://sfpublicpress.org/news/2014-02/how-budget-cuts-and-PT...
- rayiner 10y agoFor reference: the $1,500 per student raised by the highest fundraising school is 1/10 as much as the approximately $15,000 per student more DCPS spends than FCPS (a neighboring suburb and second richest county in the country).