DCPS Central Office Cuts

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Anonymous wrote:It was 6% which they said was about 100 or so positions. And that's on top of the past two years which they also had similar level reductions. There will certainly be even more for the next fiscal year given the cuts in federal funding.

So DCPS Central Office has 1600+ employees???

I have no idea about any current staff cuts at central office, but I can assure you that at no time (at least in the last 15 years) has central office had anywhere near 1600 staff. The number was less than 500, then it was reduced further last year when the DC Council forced DCPS to reduce headcount at central office in lieu of reducing staff at schools.

Np. No dog in this fight but it’s so disappointing that anyone would need to “force” central office to reduce their excessive staff of hundreds of people versus taking teachers and support staff out of schools. We need to have legal limits on how much money can be allocated to central office for their staffing and special projects. It should be mandated by law that the vast majority of funding (like 95%) is spent on things like facilities and teachers that directly touch kids rather than layers of bureaucracy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

NP—DOGE cuts hit Black women *very* hard: https://www.msnbc.com/know-your-value/business-culture/300000-black-women-left-labor-force-3-months-s-not-coincidence-rcna219355

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

17% of PG County work force worked for the feds before Jan 20th of this year. But yeah, none of us got fired. WHAT? You're trying to be anti racist, I guess? But don't have all the facts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

Are you the person who doesn’t know who actually got RIFfed?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

Are you the person who doesn’t know who actually got RIFfed?

That’s not relevant. Good attempt at evading though. Tell us about yourself. We know I’m right.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

Are you the person who doesn’t know who actually got RIFfed?

That’s not relevant. Good attempt at evading though. Tell us about yourself. We know I’m right.

Right? About what?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

Are you the person who doesn’t know who actually got RIFfed?

That’s not relevant. Good attempt at evading though. Tell us about yourself. We know I’m right.

dp: Maybe rather than being so focused on trying to shoot the messengers, you actually consider the reasons people are giving for finding CO so useless?

[Anonymous]

What if part of CO duty was to substitute teach, pull reading small groups, tutor 1:1, plan in house field trips for schools, meet schools on field trips, model teaching for teachers especially new ones, cover lunch duty, help the teachers who are behind on pacing catch their class up. What if
The family engagement specialist who are mostly social workers got off the phone and dealt with the children with the major behaviors or stayed at the food banks after school.

Please stop thinking that uppercrust NW DCUM are writing these messages.

This is a time of major reset. This is all wishful thinking DCPS doesn’t read this and everyone is justified.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

Are you the person who doesn’t know who actually got RIFfed?

That’s not relevant. Good attempt at evading though. Tell us about yourself. We know I’m right.

dp: Maybe rather than being so focused on trying to shoot the messengers, you actually consider the reasons people are giving for finding CO so useless?

another excellent attempt at evasion. well done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Why would you say that? Should Black parents and teachers not have higher expectations for CO staff? Who suffers the most from waste and fraud in CO? The under-resourced schools. The kids whose families can’t supplement when CO spends money on BS programs - money that should go to those kids.

It's ok to hate DOGE when most of the feds whose jobs are at stake aren't people of color and were making good money. But then it comes to DCPS, where the majority ARE people of color and these jobs have been paths to the middle class for generations, well . . . off with their heads! The ladies of Upper Caucasia have spoken!

It's not pleasant for anyone to get laid off. But trying to equate a few layoffs at bloated CO to the hatchet job of DOGE is silly.

A poster explained above why you are way off-base on the racism allegations.

And you realize that the fundamental purpose of DCPS is to educate students as best as possible, not to provide employment for employment's sake?

It would be helpful to further discussion on this thread if posters would identify what area of DC they live in and their race. Because we all know where all the complaints are coming from.

Are you the person who doesn’t know who actually got RIFfed?

That’s not relevant. Good attempt at evading though. Tell us about yourself. We know I’m right.

dp: Maybe rather than being so focused on trying to shoot the messengers, you actually consider the reasons people are giving for finding CO so useless?

another excellent attempt at evasion. well done.

I think you are confused about who is evading the topic here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tell us more. Are most of the coaches gone b/c of funding?

Coaches are school based

Not ECE

The reason why DCPS ECE programs are high quality across the board is due to the robust coaching of ECE teachers at every schools. Families should prepare to see the quality decline this upcoming school year.

No, coaching has no impact on the day to day in the classroom. None. Don't delude yourself.

Exactly. The prev post was clearly written by one of those coaches. Or someone whose job it is to (nominally) supervise them. Thanks for the LOLs, Coach!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Yup, I definitely see that and it is obvious. I would say that at least 65% of Central Office is black employees. The people complaining about Central Office cannot fathom the fact that black people are in charge. We all know that certain people believe that just because someone is black, they are lazy and unqualified for their position. Case closed. Prove me wrong that this isn’t the reason for the disdain for Central Office. I’ll wait….

How could someone possibly "prove you wrong" when all you have done is assert with zero evidence that they're racist? Comments like this one really do not help. They just make people roll their eyes. More than 60% of teachers at my kids' school are black, so why would I be uniquely racist against CO employees when I like my kids teachers and think that they are good at their jobs? In fact, I'd be happy to nominate several of my kids' teachers to CO because I think they'd be great. Unlike most CO folks I've dealt with.

+1. According to DCPS, only 29% of teachers and only 15% of in-school leadership identified as white in 2024. So if your stat that 60% of DCPS CO staff are POCs are correct then DCPS CO staff are actually disproportionately white comparatively... meaning that all of the folks saying that in-school staff are better than CO staff and resources should be devoted to in-school positions are actually advocating for the whitest group to face cuts. Seems like the DCPS CO person on this thread didn't actually know their stats before accusing everyone of racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Yup, I definitely see that and it is obvious. I would say that at least 65% of Central Office is black employees. The people complaining about Central Office cannot fathom the fact that black people are in charge. We all know that certain people believe that just because someone is black, they are lazy and unqualified for their position. Case closed. Prove me wrong that this isn’t the reason for the disdain for Central Office. I’ll wait….

How could someone possibly "prove you wrong" when all you have done is assert with zero evidence that they're racist? Comments like this one really do not help. They just make people roll their eyes. More than 60% of teachers at my kids' school are black, so why would I be uniquely racist against CO employees when I like my kids teachers and think that they are good at their jobs? In fact, I'd be happy to nominate several of my kids' teachers to CO because I think they'd be great. Unlike most CO folks I've dealt with.

+1. According to DCPS, only 29% of teachers and only 15% of in-school leadership identified as white in 2024. So if your stat that 60% of DCPS CO staff are POCs are correct then DCPS CO staff are actually disproportionately white comparatively... meaning that all of the folks saying that in-school staff are better than CO staff and resources should be devoted to in-school positions are actually advocating for the whitest group to face cuts. Seems like the DCPS CO person on this thread didn't actually know their stats before accusing everyone of racism.

Which school? So funny how none of you will answer the question being put to you. What is your race and what is your school? I'm so obviously right that the posters demanding mass firings at the CO are white ladies whose kids go to school WOTP. Just admit it, then we can move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's more than a hint of racism in many of these comments. I have no doubt that those calling for mass firings at DCPS are white.

Yup, I definitely see that and it is obvious. I would say that at least 65% of Central Office is black employees. The people complaining about Central Office cannot fathom the fact that black people are in charge. We all know that certain people believe that just because someone is black, they are lazy and unqualified for their position. Case closed. Prove me wrong that this isn’t the reason for the disdain for Central Office. I’ll wait….

How could someone possibly "prove you wrong" when all you have done is assert with zero evidence that they're racist? Comments like this one really do not help. They just make people roll their eyes. More than 60% of teachers at my kids' school are black, so why would I be uniquely racist against CO employees when I like my kids teachers and think that they are good at their jobs? In fact, I'd be happy to nominate several of my kids' teachers to CO because I think they'd be great. Unlike most CO folks I've dealt with.

+1. According to DCPS, only 29% of teachers and only 15% of in-school leadership identified as white in 2024. So if your stat that 60% of DCPS CO staff are POCs are correct then DCPS CO staff are actually disproportionately white comparatively... meaning that all of the folks saying that in-school staff are better than CO staff and resources should be devoted to in-school positions are actually advocating for the whitest group to face cuts. Seems like the DCPS CO person on this thread didn't actually know their stats before accusing everyone of racism.

Which school? So funny how none of you will answer the question being put to you. What is your race and what is your school? I'm so obviously right that the posters demanding mass firings at the CO are white ladies whose kids go to school WOTP. Just admit it, then we can move on.

You are the only one stuck.