Paul Blair’s understanding of school finance is, shall we say, less than fully informed. He ought to stick to his basic mission.
OMG are people really this ignorant of school finance? So the average pupil expenditure is such-n-such. You think they actually spend that amount on each and every kid?!? YOUR normal kid hardly costs anything. Just a few kids [special needs, delinquents, kids with stay-at-home-illnesses, etc., it goes on and on] cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each to educate. That cost is averaged out among all. You CAN’T have the “average” amount spent on your kid as long as the lion’s share of the monies are ‘needed’ for those most expensive few. That money for YOUR normal kid isn’t there because they aren’t spending that amount on your normal kid.