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overhead costs such as curriculum, library and other services supplied to all schools by Central Office.
It is important to realise these costs provide a general indication of the costs incurred in providing a site for schooling and community use. An important function of the ACT public school system is to provide community facilities in a number of forms. The value of this service to the community in both tangible and intangible costs/benefits is difficult to quantify.
These per student costs do include allocations for the provision of special education services. Since special education services are provided in different ways and to different extents across sites, per student costs are subject to variation from site to site.
Other factors impacting on the per student costs of individual sites include
. the number of specialise the school . the age level and special needs of students; . the type of heating/cooling and lighting required; . the extent and type of after hours/community use;: . specialised curriculum activities; . building and grounds maintenance needs; . the existence and extent of special education provision; . the architectural design of the building; . the age and condition of the building; . the implementation of energy conservation measures; and . the amount of unused/vacant space.
Hackett and Holder Primary Schools have been reported separately since they closed at the end of 1990. Theodore Primary opened at the beginning of 1991; therefore, costs do not reflect a full financial year.
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