My first stab at writing about this topic ended up being a bit long – read it here – so I thought I’d try to do a better job of summarizing this (see that link for source material for data here)
Transportation Costs in Woodland Park RE-2 School District – ’22-23 school year
- Expenses
- $1,563,177
- Source of funds to cover expenses
- Carryover fund balance from RE-2 previous year: $104,758
- Transportation fees collected from parents: $20,000 ($50 per kid)
- State Reimbursement: $235,000
- Grants: $1,000
- Money to be used from RE-2 General Fund: $1,202,419
The point here is, the bulk of the money comes from the RE-2 General Fund – and Merit Academy is not being required to share that portion of the cost when they participate in this program next year.