Just how are these STEM-focused green charter schools funding technology purchases for their students? "Grant writing," says Ariel Levi Simons, science teacher at Environmental Charter High School in the Los Angeles County community of Lawndale, CA. As public schools, charter schools receive a per-student allotment of taxpayer dollars, but in some states they don't receive the same amount as their more conventional public school counterparts do. What's more, charter schools do not typically receive any financial help with facility expenses, making budgets even tighter than they are for cash-strapped traditional public schools.
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机译:这些以STEM为重点的绿色特许学校如何为他们的学生提供技术购买资金? “赠予写作,”加利福尼亚州劳恩代尔市洛杉矶县社区的环境宪章高中的科学老师Ariel Levi Simons说。作为公立学校,特许学校会按学生分配纳税人的钱,但是在某些州,他们获得的税额与传统公立学校的税收额不同。更重要的是,特许学校通常不会从设施支出中获得任何财务帮助,这使得预算甚至比资金短缺的传统公立学校更为紧张。
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