In deference to these commies, look what they have to work with. The average IQ of students in the district is below 80.
But, you cannot spend your way out of an IQ deficit.
The 35 are how many are enrolled but not how many bother showing up. How many breakfasts and lunches does the lunchroom make every day and how many excess meals go home with the employees? Also, are all computers and visual aids accounted for or have they ended up at employees’ homes or the pawn shop? Same question for all equipment and supplies. What meds are ordered by the school nurse? What interesting chemicals are ordered by the science teachers? Do they have any sort of trades or homemaking that tools and refrigerators, etc. are needed every year? How about school vehicles like the special ed bus/van, the principals’ and custodial vehicles? The list of potential stolen property is endless.
Heck, rent out classrooms as room and board and make a little money on the side.
Yeah but they feel good about themselves. And to a leftist, that's all that matters.