[Local-Maine-Schools] Public charter schools and local taxpayers [Gail Marshall]

[Dick Atlee]

Gail meant to send this to the list, asked me to forward it...

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Subject: Re: [Local-Maine-Schools] Public charter schools and local 
taxpayers
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 11:10:20 -0400
From: Gail Marshall <gailsmarshall at gmail.com>
To: Dick Atlee <atlee at umd.edu>

Dick,
   You know that the number of kids who could desert each class are a 
new five percent each year. So, first year's first grade could shed 5%, 
next year's second grade could shed another 5% and the subsequent third 
grade could shed another 5%. After that, it's the wild west. Each of 
those years could add up to a teacher's or teacher's aide salary. 
Multiply that times the number of classes in the system (13) per year, 
and you see that the "limits" are, like everything else promised* are, 
at best, cold comfort.
Gail
*"Everything else promised" = Don't worry. It won't happen to your 
school. Really. That's it.