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To: little jeremiah

Across the country it is between $8000 to $24,000 a year per student. The median across the country is $12,000. In my homeschool, without overhead, we can educate our kids for about $500 a year for curriculum and maybe another $400 for field trips. That includes co-op costs and piano for the older two. Of course we offset the cost of field trips with fundraiser etc.


205 posted on 02/11/2010 3:35:11 PM PST by christianhomeschoolmommaof3
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To: christianhomeschoolmommaof3

One of the reasons your costs are so low is that you are not including a percentage of your mortgage/rent, heating/AC, transportation, food, insurance, computers, the cost of your teaching, (including your retirement plan, social security, and medicare), required classes for your staff, and the opportunity cost of your lost wages

Plus I would imagine you do not have children who need special care such as speech, OT, PT, Communication devices, and/or specialized teaching due to autism, learning disability, and/or intellectual disability.

I would imagine your costs are still lower than those of the public school, but when you look at what the honest costs are, it will much greater than $500


206 posted on 02/11/2010 3:40:42 PM PST by SoftballMominVA
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