Did You Know? Scituate has the lowest per pupil expenditures among our competing school districts on the South Shore. **Chart included in newletter and available on www.doe.ma.edu.*
Did You Know?
Scituate per pupil expenditure is 10 – 18% below the state average for the past 5 years. *Chart included in the newsletter and available on www.doe.ma.edu.*
Did You Know?
Of the 30 schools receiving the Standard & Poor’s outperforming district recognition in Massachusetts, Scituate ranked at the bottom for per pupil expenditure (25th out of 30. At the overall State level, we ranked 282 out of 337 municipal and regional districts per pupil expenditure.
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I think it is time to step up our children's education. I would really like to know what towns such as Cohasset ($10.84 per pupil, Norwell ($10.93 per pupil), and Duxbury ($9.84 per pupil) are able to offer their students. Do they have enrichment programs? Do their PTOs pay for basic supplies and building upkeep? How do these numbers translate in the day to day operations of the schools compared to Scituate?
This response comes from Mark Mason, Superintendent. His editorial in 2/8's Mariner speaks directly to per pupil, however getting specific information from each of these communities would be very time consuming. If anyone has an extra set of hands and is willing to do some research, we will take the help for good answers!
Mason "The extra money that surrounding towns put toward their students translates into a real difference in terms of the curriculum opportunities and programs that schools are able to offer their students. This has an effect at every level, from preschool through the high school. In Scituate, we are not eligible for Title I, due to a low poverty rate. This means that even less money is available for programming. At the elementary level, for example, we are not doing enough to provide remediation in math and reading. At the high school level, the lack of funding to hire new teachers has meant that we have more students in study halls. The impact of this funding shortfall is huge; it is more difficult to raise MCAS scores when we are unable to provide the necessary interventions, and at the high school, our students are missing key opportunities to take certain Advanced Placement or elective courses to prepare themselves for college."
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