Mayor Bowser Asks for School Funds Reprogramming

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Anonymous wrote:This kind of crap is why I only put in for charters even under the old system where there were six dedicated DCPS spots. DCPS just can't be trusted.

Charters are not exactly more reliable when it comes to facilities. At least dcps will not change location on you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This kind of crap is why I only put in for charters even under the old system where there were six dedicated DCPS spots. DCPS just can't be trusted.

This is a bad reason to opt for charters.

[Anonymous]

It seems as though if you can your project started, then you are ok because they gladly taketh from others (Elligton and Janney for example). Murch and Lafayette should be fine because they are slated to begin this year.

How do they even arrive at these decisions? Murch and Lafayette serve more children in DCPS than if you combine many of those schools together.

[Anonymous]

Who?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This kind of crap is why I only put in for charters even under the old system where there were six dedicated DCPS spots. DCPS just can't be trusted.

This is a bad reason to opt for charters.

I didn't opt for just any charter, and location was not my highest priority. I had seen several DCPS flip flops in our inbound school in the years I paid attention prior to entering and they just continue. Someone should chart out how many broken promises have emerged out of just the past ten years. There is no plan. None. So nothing ever actually happens that leads to actualized improvement. I voted for Catania because I thought he had a plan. I was scared about Bowser, but still hopeful. The announcements of the last couple days have just proven that we have at least four more years without a DCPS system of planning followed by actualization of those plans. I had hoped otherwise. But right now it is looking like there will be no decent plans in place before my child is in middle school. I hope I a Am wrong and my pessimism is misplaced, but either way, I am very happy I put my eggs in a charter basket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It seems as though if you can your project started, then you are ok because they gladly taketh from others (Elligton and Janney for example). Murch and Lafayette should be fine because they are slated to begin this year.

How do they even arrive at these decisions? Murch and Lafayette serve more children in DCPS than if you combine many of those schools together.

Murch has no start date. I bet it will get pushed back a couple years at this rate.

[Anonymous]

Poor Garrison.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Poor Garrison.

I really feel bad for them. Where are Garrison boosters? They seemed very hopeful on the renovations and the success of the school.

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Anonymous wrote:Poor Garrison.

I really feel bad for them. Where are Garrison boosters? They seemed very hopeful on the renovations and the success of the school.

Most have had to jump ship. They were given no choice. You can boost as much as you can, but DCPS will still make if impossible. If has nothing to do with the lack of buy-in from the community. In the end, if you don't jump to safety, DCPS will push you off. Then you are just left bitter.

[Anonymous]

I hope these school communities take Bowser to task.

[Anonymous]

Way to go DC, threaten to close a school, get a community to rally, then crush their spirit and dissolve the community coalition.

[Anonymous]

There's not enough info there to criticize DCPS for moving the 14 million (jeez, 14 million) from Garrison to elsewhere because the document does not state how much Garrison needs in FY 2015 vs. what it does not need. It just says Garrison does not need all that money in FY 2015. Is that true?

And, regarding Ellington: 7.5 million over budget from a 140 million budget, already. Any bets on how many extra tens of millions gonna go to finishing that deal? SOMEbody is livin large on that contract.

[Anonymous]

How on earth can one school get 140million? That is unbelievable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How on earth can one school get 140million? That is unbelievable.

People should be paying attention. Ballou got more than that.

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Anonymous wrote:It's crazy that "general project escalation costs," "current funding... does not accurately accurately reflect the scope of the project," "cost escalation, informed market conditions, unforeseen conditions, and scope of work alignment," etc. are all code for "we are a bunch of dummies who don't know how to plan."

Reprogramming is paperwork to prepare for the next reprogramming that results from said dummies continuing to plan wrong.

While I'm at it, 10 of the 13 projects slated to receive funding are $2.0 million or more. In the real world people who lose their jobs over these kinds of mistakes.

To be fair, the former director of DGS did lose his job, and hopefully for this very reason.