I wonder if the kids are aware of how much a year is spent on each of
them? It would be an interesting survey a teacher could conduct with
his or her class.
Maybe the school district should spend a day showing them how much
that money would buy in the real word, compare it to other schools,
the median household income in Asbury Park vs other towns, etc.
Why don't we ask them to compete in grades and rank with the other
schools? Like you are all on the same team against Red Bank.
-- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "fancypaaantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> It makes me angry. All that money they are spending, not to mention
> my property taxes are $7200 for a tiny house, and the scores are
> horrible... And if I have kids in the relatively near future, I
> cannot send them to school here. So I would either pay super high
> property taxes plus private school tuition or move. Jees, with the
> money they are spending, they could almost hire a teacher for every
> 2 kids!
>
> New Jersey schools > Asbury Park schools > Asbury Park School
> District
>
> HSPA Results
>
> Scale: % at or above proficient
>
> Grade 11
>
> Language Arts Literacy
> 40% (2006)
> 33% (2005)
> 44% (2004)
> 33% (2003)
> The state average for Language Arts Literacy was 84% in 2006.
>
> Math
> 25% (2006)
> 23% (2005)
> 26% (2004)
> 13% (2003)
> The state average for Math was 76% in 2006.
>
> Source: NJ Dept. of Education, 2005-2006
>
>
>
>
> --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "FleurDeLis" <sharon_b283@>
> wrote:
> >
> > The amount they're spending is sinful, because it isn't being
> funneled
> > down to the kids! Does the Administrators present the expenses at
> > Board Meetings? Who decides how tax dollars are being spent and
> for
> > what? If the test scores aren't measuring up, who is called on
the
> > carpet, for doing a lousy job? Does AP District have an
oversight,
> > person? The teacher who isn't teaching, should be canned!
> >
> > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "oakdorf" <oakdorf@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Tommy is closer to the number then I was
> > >
> > > I think AP is somewhere around $57m in state aid - down from
> around
> > $80m in state aid.
> > > Add to that what the taxpayers pay in school taxes and you have
a
> > nice budget. heavy in
> > > admin, legal costs. One of the highest per student costs in the
> > nation. "Only an avg of
> > > $11 per month increase".
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > June 10, 2007
> > > EDUCATION
> > > Abbott School Districts Among the Top Spenders
> > >
> > > By FORD FESSENDEN
> > > NEW JERSEY'S Abbott districts, the urban school systems that
sued
> > the state 26 years ago
> > > to gain equal footing with affluent districts, are now among the
> > highest-spending school
> > > districts in the country, according to newly released data from
> the
> > United States Census
> > > Bureau.
> > >
> > > The districts spent more money per student than most rich
> districts
> > in New Jersey in
> > > 2004-5, the census data show. Among the 30
> > kindergarten-to-12th-grade districts of
> > > 500 or more students that spent the most, 22 were Abbotts,
> including
> > the top three
> > > Asbury Park, Hoboken and Newark. There are 31 Abbott districts.
> > >
> > > Asbury Park spent $23,572 per student, according to the census,
> > while the highest-
> > > ranking non-Abbott district, Wildwood City, spent $19,912. The
> state
> > average was
> > > $13,613, and the national average was $8,315.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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