Barstow School District by the numbers
July 25th, 2007, 6:28 pm · Post a Comment · posted by Aaron
A look at the inner workings of the Barstow Unified School District through selected statistics:
Part one: The cost of suspensions
$196,476 — The amount of money lost to the district through the absence of 2,530 students suspended for a total of 6,338 days during the 2007/2008 school year.
School funding in California is based on the number of days each student actually spends in school, the Average Daily Attendance figure. Each absence or suspension results in lost state funding for the school.
Source: The BUSD 2006/2007 school suspension report.
Part two: A pricey back to school shopping list
$6,139,787.22 — The total amount of purchase orders for the upcoming school year approved at Tuesday’s meeting.
A sampling of the items (large and small) included in the $6,139,787.22:
$6,000 for contracted services from Interquest Detection Canines
$8,000 for maintenance supplies from Grillo’s Filter Sales and Service
$15,000 for food services from Frito-Lay Inc.
$41,800 for food services from Coca-Cola Enterprises
$65,000 for postage from the United States Postal Service
$180,000 for food services from Domino’s Pizza
$2,458,000 for contracted services from Laidlaw Transit Inc.
Source: Purchase Order Board Report for the July 24, 2007 Board Meeting
Jason Smith
