The opportunity cost of a new public high school is the property taxes that must be used to build and operate that public school
the money that is spent to employ faculty and staff at the public high school
. the change in the local tax rate that offsets the cost of public school operations
• the other goods and services that are given up by the community in order to build the public high school
o the money that schools save parents from having to pay babysitters and day care centers