Reply #17: From what I have seen, per student spending do not translate into

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spending on the students. School administrative costs consume the "lions share" of dollars while dollars for resources in the classroom is decreasing.

Remember a few years ago, teachers were increasing personal spending to "resource" their classes, which in turn created speciality stores?

Now, teachers send home a list with students for "classroom supplies". Several schools in my community have established "partnerships" with local businesses to "resource" the classroom and school.

Check schools consolidation studies. You will find that there have only been "lip service" for improvements. The only beneficiaries in recent years have been the increase in core administration.

It’s bad. For instance, there have been reports for several years that schools in Detroit did not regularly have TOLIET paper.