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2006-07). If this trend continues, Ladysmith-Hawkins School District can
anticipate increased difficulty in long-term cost containment.
As delineated in Table 6-W, Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s total
expenditures/student in 1996-97 was $8,529/student, an amount that
exceeded the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts’ figure
($7,335/student) by +$1,194/student or +16.3%.
Over the nine year span of time from 1996-97 (base year) through 2006-07,
Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s total expenditures/student increased
from $8,529/student to $14,282/student, a gain of +$5,753/student or
+67.4%, while the State of Wisconsin school districts’ average figure
increased from $7,335/student (1996-97) to $10,933/student (2006-07), a
growth of +$3,598/student or +49.1%.
In 2006-07, Weyerhaeuser Area School District’s total expenditures/student
($14,282/student) was significantly higher than the total
expenditures/student figure for the average of all State of Wisconsin school
districts ($10,933/student) by +$3,349/student or +30.6%.
The Project Consultants concluded that Weyerhaeuser Area School District
has consistently spent substantially greater total expenditures/student
dollars than the average of all State of Wisconsin school districts over the
nine year span of time from 1996-97 through 2006-07. Weyerhaeuser Area
School District’s total expenditures/student—as one would expect with the
combination of low critical student mass (size) and persistently declining
enrollment—is cost/ineffectively high and can be expected to escalate
uncontrollably in the near and distant future.
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