d the books themselves were old. The conditions ofthe classroom were not great either. The desks were very old and in need of repair. Theteacher to pupil ratios are way too high and this disturbs the learning environment and makes things difficult. The lighting in the rooms were not very bright and sometimes we were not even in a designated classroom. It was a different room that was turned into a classroom. If there is such a high expenditure per pupil then there is absolutely no reasonfor these horrible conditions to be present. If proper budgeting and allocation offunds is done there should not be any problems. One can get the sense that tax dollarsare being totally wasted and used on things and people that they are not supposed to be used on. A lot of individuals in general believe that there are many inequalities inschool spending and this does have an effect on the states role. Some educators believe that a school should be funded according to the quality of education it provides.So if it is a highly ranked and successful school, then they would receive a lot of monetary support as opposed to a failing school that is not making the grade. I totallydisagree with this notion because all schools need to receive proper funding to maintaintheir services. Everyone should receive a fixed amount of money to use for students,services, and programs. The schools should practice proper budgeting guidelines andassign the monies where they belong. Charter schools use a form of child based funding where the school districts are not involved in taxing and they provide necessary services to schools on a competetivebasis. The charter school itself is a highly controversial yet very successful alternative topublic schools. They provide unique services nap deliver them in ways that the traditionalpublic schools do not offer. Charter schools serve a disproprtionate number of students traditionally considered to be at risk or low achievers. These ...
