[Mpls] Clarification on school spending....

[Dan McGuire]

I, too, would like a clarification.  Every time some numbers get published by or about the district lately, it seems like
a clarification is required.
Dan McGuire

Bill Cullen wrote:

> In Sunday's Oped articles about the financial crisis in the Mpls school
> district, they stated confusing numbers.
>
> The articles claimed that Mpls school district spent $10,348 per student.
> But, they also said the district was a $630M district with 40,000 students.
> The later numbers translate into a cost of $15,750 per student.  Can someone
> clarify? What are the right numbers?  Why the confusion?
>
> Regards, Bill Cullen
> Whittier Landlord.
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