CMS spending: Bigger bucks go to poorer schools

CMS spending: Bigger bucks go to poorer schools: "(By Eric Frazier, efrazier@charlotteobserver.com) Newly released per-pupil spending figures show Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools spends in some cases more than twice as much on its poorest students as its richest ones, a fact that could impact upcoming debates over how to close a multi-million budget gap.

The new figures, released late Thursday on the CMS website, show that in the case of elementary schools, the district spends the most per pupil - $10,393 a year - at Thomasboro Elementary, which has a 95 percent poverty rate. It spends the least per elementary school student -$4,406 - at Ballantyne Elementary, with a 16 percent poverty rate."