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The most interesting thing to me is that it is eschewing being a charter or private school and apparently expects to be able to work within the confines of the
by pbreit 8y ago
The most interesting thing to me is that it is eschewing being a charter or private school and apparently expects to be able to work within the confines of the local school district and teachers' union.
I've never really understood why this is usually considered difficult or impossible for such a project.
Also, with 25-30 kids per class, $10k works to $250k-300k per year which seems sufficient for a teacher, aide, facilities and support.
- bradlys 8y agoI too was thinking along these lines but I think these are inflated numbers. Average class room size is 21.6 for elementary schools that are self-contained (26 for departmentalized). https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass/tables/sass1112_2013314_t1s_007.asp https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass/tables/sass1112_2013314_t1s... I think the desire is for 20 or less. When you're dealing with children, a lot of teachers are required. So let's say LeBron is going for 20:1. Then it's now $200k per class. Let's say half of that goes to the teacher due to competitive pay and payroll tax + healthcare + benefits. You're looking at $5k/student for 3 healthy meals a day, facilities, and everything else. Doesn't seem like very much anymore. You could dock teacher pay more but it won't probably be enough to outweigh the cons. One could also try to up the ratio of students:teachers but then you're just going to give the kids a worse education and the teachers a much worse teaching environment. I think having a small classroom size is pretty important for kids who are struggling as they need more attention. And this school is literally for struggling kids - so there's gonna be a lot of competition for attention.