Raymond, Please skip this post so you won't get upset.

[I call BS. Anyone can cook the books and monkey with the numbers to justify their cause. Even the government. John, you have some common sense, there is NO WAY the TOTAL COST PER STUDENT to educate is the same. It is a simple function of economies of scale. I know there is additional cost to the opportunities offered to students in larger schools. Opportunities that 321A schools will never see but the savings to consolidate schools is mind blowing. Ths same with county seats. Don't fall completely asleep. Politicians are grabbing our wallets with both hands and we act like we are deaf, dumb, and blind!