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Consultants tell Octorara Area SD officials charter tuition is costing the district about $5 million; recommend website, outreach and virtual‑academy upgrades
Summary
Devapar consultants told the Octorara Area School Board that charter‑school tuition is taking roughly $5.0 million (about 7.9–8% of next fiscal‑year budget) out of the district and recommended a communications push, website updates, stronger student‑tracking and enhancements to the Octorara Virtual Academy to recapture enrollments.
Devapar consultants presented the findings of a commissioned charter‑school study and told the Octorara Area School Board that tuition paid to charter schools is a material outflow from the district budget.
The consultants said the district currently pays roughly $5,000,000 in charter tuition — about 7.9% of the district’s projected 2526 budget — and recommended a set of short‑ and long‑term actions to retain and recapture students. Presenter (Devapar) said, "Those are significant costs, that are leaving the Octorara School District and going to other educational entities," and urged the board to treat the issue as a fiscal priority.
Why it matters: Board finance members and administrators said charter tuition projections are large enough to affect local…
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