Pickerington Area Taxpayers Alliance

Income per student?

What difference does it make what the income is per student? The funding in Ohio is supposed to be set up to equalize money per student from the state so that poor districts don't suffer while wealthy districts have more than they need. We're one district and the money should be shared equally among all students, in my opinion. Per student spending might vary between schools because of certain variables (e.g., special needs teachers (higher salary?) at some schools and not others). Or, perhaps Diley expenses (spending) per student are higher because the centralized kitchen is there and therefore, more employees work at this school (to the benefit of the other schools). There's a lot behind the scenes to find out beyond straight spending per student per school, before the arguing about inequities begins.

Income per student

I think it would be interesting just to see what the numbers are -- I agree with you that there would need to be a really deep dive into the nuances of the EXPENSES to make any conclusions, but I would like to know if the claim that is made by the Central parents that they are supporting the North track schools is valid, or is it that the North parents are contributing a larger dollar volume and actually supporting Central.

What do you think the conclusion would be?

I understand that we all pay the same property tax rate and income tax rate, but just speaking in pure/raw dollars, who is supporting whom? Do parents that have kids go to Central & the feeder schools pay more dollars per student into the income pool than North & feeder schools' parents, or is it the other way around?

Thoughts?

my guess?

My guess is that the North boundary parents pay more than Central's parents. I say this without any hard facts, but just a gut looking at the high end neighborhoods. Winding Creek, Glenshire, Daysprings, Violet Meadows & Meadowmoore all go to North. Shawnee, Jefferson Farms & Allen Rd. go to Central. Are there more houses overall in Central's district, due to higher density? Perhaps. Maybe this helps balance the two boundaries. So, maybe my guess is all wet.

City v Township

I hate to burst everyone's bubble but the median house value in the City of Pickerington is $164,700 and the Median house value in Violet Township is $134,200. This is from the Pickerington area chamber of commerce. Since the school income revenue come from property taxes I would suspect that the City pays mores per student than the township does. The second factor is this is about equal spending at each school. Many of the condo developments within the city have very few children associated with them thus there is more money coming into the school system per student than the township.

The Chamber reports that the median household income in the City is $71,161 and in the township it is $75,531.

At the very least the City residents are is either equal to or greater than the township in supporting the schools.