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"it gets about $800 in state aid per student and loses more than $6,000 for each local kid who goes to a charter school, instead."

That's confusing. Can someone explain?

I'm reading it as the State kicks in $800, and local kicks in $5200. So when a student goes to another school, they loose $6000 total.

Disclosure: I previously worked for ECOT.

Instead of getting $6,000 for each kid of who to the local school, that money goes elsewhere, and they only get $800.

AKA students are walking cash machines to the schools.

Of course they are.

Their education determines how well they can support future community needs. Public education is a continuous reinvestment in a community.