BlueOregon

Rich Rodgers puts the school closure issue into perspective in “Things We Might Cut Before We Close High Schools”.  The following excerpt is from his post on  BlueOregon:

In fact, the instructional costs for every high school in PPS total $60.5 million–less than 10% of the overall budget for the district! Compare this, for example, to $145.9 million in non-instructional support services. While this $145.9 million includes essential line items like principals, utilities, custodial, maintenance and student transportation, a staggering $35.9 million goes to HR, information technology, and public information. The Superintendent’s office alone costs more than $4.5 million this year, with a request to boost the budget to $4.75 million for the next fiscal year.