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First year at 4 30. A new report from the federal government

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finds the city of Boston is paying more per student than any

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other major city to the tune of $30,000 per student. So the

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mayor and superintendent now responding to the information

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sevens Jonathan Hall, joining us live in trials town, with more

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on the story and the numbers, Jonathan Hey, guys, We have been

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sifting through all these numbers and educating Boston

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schoolchildren is really really expensive. In fact, a week ago,

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the Boston School Committee approved a nearly $1.5 billion

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budget. But now there are questions about whether the

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taxpayers are getting enough bang for their buck. If Boston

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schools are lacking, it's not for lack of money just released

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, Census figures show The district spends a lot on each

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student. We always want to be fiscally responsible and

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everything we do. The government released spending data for the

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100 school systems with the most students. Boston tops the list

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spending $31,397 per student. New York is second spending

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$29,931. And the Washington D. C school system, finished third

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with $24,535 in per pupil expenditure cost piece of it

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should never be driving as the primary decision point what

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we're doing for the long term future of our school district.

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It is about what will best serve our young people. There are a

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number of issues at play in the cost calculation. 4500 fewer

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students are now enrolled in Boston schools as compared to

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four years ago that drives the per capita spending figures

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higher. Meantime the superintendent of schools on the

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job a year now says the city is investing in its future by

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hiring staff and improving buildings. There were some much

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needed and long overdue investments that were made. To

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bring our schools really current in the ways that they need to be

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. Fewer kids are in the schools and student performance has also

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been sliding since pre pandemic levels. School officials say

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they're building a foundation to change that. The mayor says her

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own family has a lot riding on making the schools the best they

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can be need to put in whatever it takes. I am committed to

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that. I have my kids in the schools. We are going to make it

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happen, and we're making progress towards that every

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single day. Well the state is overseeing the Boston school

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budget a year back. The state almost took over the bus and

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school system, but they came to an agreement. So there is some

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state oversight. It was poor performance a year ago again