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Re:Teens who refuse to use social media by vageli on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @08:47AM (#17867781)
Wouldn't costs go down at schools with less attendance? I'd have to imagine the majority of school spend is operational costs. You need fewer books, lunches, teachers, etc with fewer students.
Re:Teens who refuse to use social media by dorchadas on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:17AM (#17868361)
You're assuming private schools wouldn't be around to solely make as much profit as possible. Plus, there's always the issue of higher pricing being associated with better results. And then the schools could even follow the path of universities and start charging more and more.
Re:Teens who refuse to use social media by tolien on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:18AM (#17868364)
It’s non-linear for most of those things though - a class of 20 kids or a class of 30 kids still need a teacher (although there’s evidence that the former’s going to have better outcomes), books aren’t bought new every year so are amortised over a whole load of students, lunches are cheaper when you can buy ingredients in bulk etc.

Private schools are usually more expensive because there’s a lower ratio of students to teachers. If all the rich kids left, you’d have schools being merged together to save money; you wouldn’t have the few(er) poor kids left behind with one teacher covering multiple classes.