Priorities

Riley glanced over at Bosco who was sitting with a pensive look. She asked him what he was thinking about. He told her that he had just finished reading an NY Times article. The article said that NY city spent $59,877 per special education student in NY City versus $17,696 for the average student. I was just wondering, he said, what would happen if the city spent $59,877 on the average student? Now it was Riley's turn to look pensive. I wonder, she said, how many chews that could buy?