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Dear fellow blog posters,
Every post on this blog is valid whether it comes from a deeply held personal belief or a factual statement. I do not intend to challenge anyone or any specific comment. However, I would like to come at this from the following perspective: the POB school district is an extra ordinary value.
Let me validate this statement:
a child goes to school 1,080 hours per year (180 days a year, six hours per day)
let's assume the property tax is $10,800 per year, some pay more, some pay less
the result is that you pay $10 per hour for one child's education in one of Nassau County's "better" school districts, not to mention the other benefits our taxes provide (ambulance, fire, police) costs aspect, and, obviously, if you have two kids, it's $5 per hour; and so-on and so-on
if you go out for the evening and require babysitting do you pay about $10 per hour?
If you don't think this is a fair comparison, what about:
if you send your kid to a day-camp in the area you are probably paying ~ $14 per hour per child ($4,000 / 8 weeks / 5 days / 7 hours), sleep-away is more
the cost per person per waking hour at a modest five-day Florida Disney vacation is probably ~ $13 ($4,000 / 4 people / 5 days / 16 hours)
In the end, I am not sure what has motivated some people to post certain topics on this blog, but my two children have received, are receiving, and will receive a solid education in this district.
Further, and in addition to the $10 per hour that I pay to educate two children, my wife and I also invest in more money in their education (workbook, private tutoring, participate in the athletic programs) and extend ourselves to assist their teachers in appropriate ways.
This is not an easy topic, but I do feel that this perspective needed to be said.
Sincerely,
A happy Plaiview parent
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I do get i, but keep in mind that I "could" go to a private school, get a good founation education for less. In addition, It is difficult to compare things on a per hourly basis. It's like saying gas is quite cheap when compared to bottled water.
ReplyDeletethank you for putting this in perspective.
ReplyDeleteto the first commentor, you couldn't get the same education for less because in addition to tuition at private school you would still have to pay your property taxes. it's amzing what some people are willing to pay for extras (which is totally thier prerogative) but they are unwilling to pay the going rate for the teachers who spend a significant amount of time with thier children. The tax increase to the property owners in this district would be about the cost of two or three tanks a gas per year per household.
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