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Tunkhannock district offers $2,000 incentive to encourage cyber‑charter students to return
Summary
Superintendent Doherty told the board the district mailed a $2,000 return‑grant offer (paid $500 quarterly) to 57 families after state cyber‑charter funding changes; officials say the outreach could save the district roughly $300,000 but has drawn mixed reactions online.
Superintendent Doherty said the district mailed letters to 57 families offering a $2,000 grant, paid in $500 quarterly installments, to encourage cyber‑charter students who have been out of the district more than one year to return to Tunkhannock Area School District.
Doherty said the incentive was timed after changes in the state budget related to cyber‑charter funding and the district projects roughly $300,000 in reduced cyber‑charter payments under the new rules. "It was for a $2,000 grant paid in $500 quarterly installments, should a child return," he said during the board meeting.
Why it matters: District officials said the outreach is a low‑risk investment compared with the per‑student tuition amounts the district pays to cyber charters. Doherty described typical…
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