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Minneapolis Public Schools has an annual budget of $960 million and 28,000 students. This works out to $34,285 per student. The district, however, claims that total expenditures per student are $17,876. According to my math, this means $500 million is being spent directly on students. Before officials claim there's a "'Fiscal cliff' looming for MPS" (Dec. 1), perhaps they can first explain how and where the other $460 million of taxpayer money is being spent.
Jack Uldrich, Minneapolis
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I almost started laughing after reading Mitchell Trockman's thoughts on declining enrollment in MPS ("Where is the local support?" Readers Write, Nov. 29).
He is a retired associate superintendent and interim superintendent, so his guidance should be compared to an employee review.
Congratulations, enrollment has dropped almost 40% from 2002 (46,000) to 2022 (28,000). Make no bones about it, Minneapolis schools are big business and now Trockman thinks corporations should lend a hand. What are they supposed to do, bring life jackets?