More ironic news, from Austin Independent School District

[ashbeeigh]

Originally Posted by Austin97

austin is property rich. In austin the median price of a home is 335K, in texas as a whole it is 160.

That means for each unit of housing, AISD generates twice the revenue of the median and probably a whole lot more than texas as a whole.

The number of economically disadvantaged students is irrelevant in determining if the district is poor or rich.

The point was, it's a load of crap. With the extreme wealth in areas like west Austin, the property taxes get skewed. AISD loses out on getting funding for all those kids because based on numbers it looks like a of AISD is living in Tarrytown when in actuality they aren't.

[Austin97]

Originally Posted by ashbeeigh

The point was, it's a load of crap. With the extreme wealth in areas like west Austin, the property taxes get skewed. AISD loses out on getting funding for all those kids because based on numbers it looks like a of AISD is living in Tarrytown when in actuality they aren't.

not at all. The median says that half are above that level and half are below. This means that travis county generates twice the tax revenue than the average school district in texas.

If we give up 30% of our tax revenue, then we are still getting about 20 points more than the average school district.

Im not saying I agree with the system philosophically, but there is not shortage of money for AISD, unless there is an even bigger shortage for poor districts.