Bigger names + bigger pay = smaller budget?

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Rebecca previously:
> Not to mention the fact that its rather clear in the books (and
> mostly clear in the movies...based on this mystery boy not being in
> their dorm) that Harry, Ron, Neville, Dean, and Seamus are the only
> Gryffindor students in their year.

Cindy replied:
>>Well, this brings up a contradictory issue. Rowling said a long 
time ago in some interview (please don't ask me where, but the figure 
has been somewhat accepted for a while), that there were close to 
1000 students at Hogwarts. [snip] So, although she mentions so few 
students in the books and it would seem that only Harry, Seamus, Ron, 
Neville and Dean are the only Gryffindors in the same year, it would 
be impossible given the total number of students she claims is in the 
school ;-) <<

Rebecca:
In any case, no other male student is *ever* mentioned as being in 
their year besides the others in their dorm. I've heard that quote of 
hers before, and have also been confused by it (I agree with the 
notion of 280 students). Perhaps it means that the school has a 
*capacity* of 1000 students. 

>>I just tried to access the Lexicon, but it won't load. Maybe the 
page is down for some reason?<<

According to Leaky, the Lexicon is in the middle of switching over to 
a new server. So, yeah, they are down.