The Standard Times - March 20, 2013
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130320/NEWS/303200336/
By Natalie Sherman, Writer for The Standard Times
nsherman@s-t.com
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The city's two proposed innovation schools would receive about $4,200 per student to spend toward salaries, teaching materials, copying supplies, additional school supervision and field trips under the terms of a plan between the innovation schools and the district.
The figure is based on the average cost per student at six comparable elementary schools in the district, minus the cost of oil, gas, electricity and custodial services.
The figure also takes into account the cost to the district of teacher benefits and other services, including administration, transportation, special education and the school nurse.
"As we prepared this, we tried to be as fair as we could because we recognize as an administrative team that those are our kids," Haskell said.
