Primary & Secondary Education - 6 Answers
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Because the pupils don't all live in the same catchment area as they would for a public school.
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I assume that it's because with private schools, the students come from all over -- sometimes from many miles away. With public schools, the students are all in one district or similar locations.
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Private schools are not oftern confined to one geographic part of a city. It presents problems, both logistical and financial, to provide busing.
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I find that most private schools have students from different areas of the city. They are too far disbursted for the school to provide transportation. For example, Iona prep, a school in West Chester New York has students that live in Connecticut and commute everyday. Also this is probably a expense that some of the smaller private schools just cant handle or have spent the money in other places such as better teachers.
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YOU WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE DRIVER + GAS + MAINTANCE + INSURANCE, FOR EACH BUS. IT WOULD ADD UP V/QUICK
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You'll probably find that students at a private school don't live in a small geographic area, so it would either take a long time for a single bus to pick everyone up (do you want to put your child out at the bus stop 90 minutes before school?) or they have to issue several buses to cover the needed areas. You then have to consider the costs of purchasing and maintaining the buses, hiring qualified drivers, and paying for the rising cost of gas. I'm aware of several private schools that have bus service, and they charge participating families the cost of running the service. In some areas, several families have found it cheaper to hire a private car service rather than use the provided bus.
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