redstreak one wrote: ^^^^^^^But the public cant deny enrollment based on ability to pay. That public school has to take the crackhead baby who cant read who is living with grandma on assisted living. Once again, you private school supporters cant understand simple math.
A private school will take every student who can afford to pay, and pick and choose who they let in on either scholarship or other forms of payment. That is controlling your enrollment.
Here simple analogy, 2 schools and there are only 10 students in the area that want to attend.
School A Public
School B Private
Student 1 Smart, athletic and parents can afford tuition. Can go to either school
Student 2 Smart, athletic and parents would have to skimp and scrape to afford tuiton. Could go to either.
Student 3 Smart, athletic and parents cant afford tuition. Private would offer help, so could go to either.
Student 4 average grades, average athletic parent can afford, could go either.
Student 5 average grades, average athletic parents would have to skimp, could go either.
Student 6 average grades average athletics parents cant afford, probably not a scholarship but maybe other means to afford tuition such as loans or work program so could go to either.
Student 7 below average grades, not athletic parents can afford tuition. Could go either.
Student 8 below average grades, not athletic parents would have to skimp, probably not a scholarship student. Probably not getting help to go to private, but still could find a way so both.
Student 9 same as 8 except definately couldnt afford tuition, once again not getting a scholarship but may find a way.
Student 10 delinquent, poor family definately no scholarship or any help. Public only.
So, out of those 10 students how many walking the hallways of the privates, top number 9 and that is a giant stretch. More like 6 or 7 out of 10 that would be at the private school.
Now here is the easy math, how many would be in public, yep you got it all 10 would be in that school if they wanted.
So, where is the number discrepancy, why do some want a multiplier, because private schools do not represent the entire population of the area they cover while publics do. Simple huh!
An open enrollment school could add some that may not be able to afford to go to the private school. If you want to have a multiplier for private schools that is fine, but you have to include the open enrollment schools into that multiplier because they can also draw more students. Simple huh!