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Pinellas, Pasco school districts polar opposites on administrative costs
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the leanest district of all? As today's St. Petersburg Times story points out, it's not Pinellas, although Pinellas has dropped from No. 1 in top heaviness among the 12 biggest districts to No. 2 or No. 3.
The answer is Pasco.
Among the 12 biggest districts, Pasco spends the least on administration, at least by several ways of slicing and dicing. (We looked at general administration costs in the general fund and general administration costs in the general and special revenue funds combined.) Pasco is also the leanest of the biggest districts according to state calculations that factor in administrative costs at both the district and school level.
Today's story has a chart showing how Pinellas stacks up against the 11 other big districts. But for being loyal Gradebook readers, we give you a bonus: a spreadsheet that includes three other districts - Hernando, Manatee and Sarasota. Next to the big districts and other Tampa Bay districts, Hernando too looks very, very lean.
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| Rebecca Catalanello covers Pinellas County schools. E-mail her: rcatalanello@tampabay.com. |
| Tony Marrero covers Hernando County schools. E-mail him: tmarrero@tampabay.com. |
| Marlene Sokol covers Hillsborough County schools. E-mail her: sokol@tampabay.com. |
| Ron Matus covers Pinellas County schools. E-mail him: matus@tampabay.com. |
| Jeffrey S. Solochek covers Pasco County schools. E-mail him: solochek@tampabay.com. |
| Kim Wilmath covers the University of South Florida. E-mail her: kwilmath@tampabay.com. |
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