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A scenario on assumed rates: 78 students choosing out would take $401,700 from the town in year one.
Year one of the scenarioour estimate
Sending tuition$390,000 · 97%
Chapter 70 aid lost$11,700 · 3%
Assumed rates, not a forecast: the statutory base tuition and the minimum aid increment.
1 · The facts
78
high school students leaving, assumed
our estimate
$5,000
school choice base tuition a child, c.76 §12B
law
$390,000
sending tuition, year one (ours)
our estimate
$150
aid a foundation pupil at the margin, FY2026 (ours)
$11,700
Chapter 70 aid lost, year one (ours)
our estimate
$401,700
leaving the town, year one (ours)
our estimate
$14,440
foundation budget a pupil, the formula’s rate
$1,126,321
aid lost if priced at that rate (ours)
our estimate
58
out by school choice, FY2026
136
out by school choice, with the scenario
our estimate
—
the tuition Lunenburg actually pays a child
not published
2 · What it shows
1
Of the $401,700, $390,000 is sending tuition and $11,700 is Chapter 70 aid at the margin.
2
Priced at the formula’s $14,440 a pupil, the aid alone would be $1,126,321.
3
It would take school choice out from 58 to 136, 2.34 times what DESE counts.
4
The scenario assumes no saving: the students come from four grades, so no classroom closes.
What was said
“We receive $5000 per student, however the cost per student is more than that”