How Much Is Your Kid Worth To CCSD?

Originally posted in a LVRJ Forum

Federal law mandates a zero-tolerance policy for students who bring firearms onto school property. Students who do so must be expelled.

AFAIK, CCSD receives the same funding level per student (>= $10,000/yr), regardless of student age/grade. The younger the student, the longer the duration of state funding CCSD can expect to receive for him. A seven year old student is worth ~8.7X that of a 17 year old ($86,764 vs $10,000, 10 yrs vs 1 yr). That is why CCSD is so eager to keep its hands on [the two jokers who brought the gun to school], but doesn't care nearly as much about (teenage) dropouts. Note: the reason CCSD is eager to extend public education in the direction of preschoolers is because a 4 year old is marginally worth ~100% MORE than an 18 year old ($6,705 vs $3,324)¹.

"Zero tolerance", huh? No doubt the regulations also require the federal government to reimburse school districts for state money forgone due to expulsions. CCSD would *profit* by expelling older students for gun violations.

¹10 yr APR: 3% (Qtrly)