Again, just like I've said like 4-5 times and no one has yet to answer me, if we are to critically assess CSE in this way, we have to assess ALL tax-funded schools in the same fashion.
If we are to say that CSE is "wasting" tax dollars on taking a select number of students to overseas trips, then we are in fact basically saying "It's not a necessity."
Ok, fine. But if "necessity" is the keyword here, let's start going after public schools in Eden Prairie, Edina, Burnsville, and all other public high schools in the suburbs that have full-time 365-day air-conditioning on demand (if needed) while inner-city public high schools, with a higher student per square-foot population, don't have air conditioning. Is it really necessary? Because how many St. Paul public school children die in the classroom each year during the warmer school months of August - September and April (sometimes) - June? Zero. Never.
Don't get me started on the issue of state college/university textbook situation. You want to play hero saves tax dollars, start there.