Hypotheticals— DC Budget shortfalls

[Anonymous]

Definitely expect library closures, senior centers, DMV, pools, anything that the city operates will be curtail significantly until the matter is resolved. I would also assume slower police response time given the pausing of overtime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city already announced the plan for spending cuts yesterday. Schools themselves will not be affected, but pretty much everything else will be.

I’m not so sure schools won’t be affected. That’s the preliminary cuts until Bowser can get a supplemental budget to the council.

She can't furlough anyone employed with a collective bargaining agreement, like teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city already announced the plan for spending cuts yesterday. Schools themselves will not be affected, but pretty much everything else will be.

I’m not so sure schools won’t be affected. That’s the preliminary cuts until Bowser can get a supplemental budget to the council.

She can't furlough anyone employed with a collective bargaining agreement, like teachers.

I’ve been furloughed as a DCPS in 2011. And furloughs are listed in the DC Teachers Contract.

[Anonymous]

Wondering about summer programming. Have a rising middle schooler and am hoping the one week summer orientation doesn't end up on the chopping block...or even if a fix comes through, it isn't so late that the support gets cancelled. My kiddo could really benefit from the structured transition from elementary!

[Anonymous]

Here we are having conversations about "Will my children have access to basic resources next school year?"

Meanwhile, the mayor is busy cutting a terrible, costly deal with a billionaire to bring a handful more professional sporting events to DC each year.

Infuriating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city already announced the plan for spending cuts yesterday. Schools themselves will not be affected, but pretty much everything else will be.

I’m not so sure schools won’t be affected. That’s the preliminary cuts until Bowser can get a supplemental budget to the council.

She can't furlough anyone employed with a collective bargaining agreement, like teachers.

I’ve been furloughed as a DCPS in 2011. And furloughs are listed in the DC Teachers Contract.

The announcement said there would be no closure of school facilities. It did not say that schools will not be affected. For schools, they've started hiring freezes, eliminating travel and reducing other expenses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city already announced the plan for spending cuts yesterday. Schools themselves will not be affected, but pretty much everything else will be.

I’m not so sure schools won’t be affected. That’s the preliminary cuts until Bowser can get a supplemental budget to the council.

She can't furlough anyone employed with a collective bargaining agreement, like teachers.

I’ve been furloughed as a DCPS in 2011. And furloughs are listed in the DC Teachers Contract.

The announcement said there would be no closure of school facilities. It did not say that schools will not be affected. For schools, they've started hiring freezes, eliminating travel and reducing other expenses.

The announcement I received said that there would be no hiring freezes for school-based positions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city already announced the plan for spending cuts yesterday. Schools themselves will not be affected, but pretty much everything else will be.

I’m not so sure schools won’t be affected. That’s the preliminary cuts until Bowser can get a supplemental budget to the council.

She can't furlough anyone employed with a collective bargaining agreement, like teachers.

I’ve been furloughed as a DCPS in 2011. And furloughs are listed in the DC Teachers Contract.

The announcement said there would be no closure of school facilities. It did not say that schools will not be affected. For schools, they've started hiring freezes, eliminating travel and reducing other expenses.

The announcement I received said that there would be no hiring freezes for school-based positions.

Where did you see that? I can’t find it anywhere

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cuts to PK next school year

This won’t be the case. More likely cuts to social workers, counselors, multi-lingual teachers, sped teachers, and then if needed cuts to grade level bands.

Pre-K brings in students, even if some parents switch schools in K+.
Also many NW schools already only have PK4, so it’s highly unlikely they will cut anything else.

It’s more likely to cut specialized teachers who are not homeroom teachers before grade level bands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuts to PK next school year

This won’t be the case. More likely cuts to social workers, counselors, multi-lingual teachers, sped teachers, and then if needed cuts to grade level bands.

Pre-K brings in students, even if some parents switch schools in K+.
Also many NW schools already only have PK4, so it’s highly unlikely they will cut anything else.

It’s more likely to cut specialized teachers who are not homeroom teachers before grade level bands.

This. They will also give schools new budgets and ask them to cut whatever they can to meet it before making decisions at the district level. So one school might decide to drop a special, while a different school might choose to cut a counselor, etc. They aren't going to make system-wide cuts if they can help it. And reducing the shortfall to 410m instead of 1.1b makes that possible.

I am frankly more worried about cuts to policing. And if Bowser was smart, she'd really publicize and public safety cuts because that's what is going to get Trump to lean on Congress to pass funding when they get back on the 28th. Trump doesn't care about the schools.

[Anonymous]

This might be a stupid question because I admittedly don't have an understanding of school budgeting, but do we foresee any vast difference in impact on charter schools v. DCPS with these shortfalls?

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty concerned about summer camps, libraries, rec centers, pools, and the summer youth employment program. And therefore I am also worried about a summer with increased crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cuts to PK next school year

This won’t be the case. More likely cuts to social workers, counselors, multi-lingual teachers, sped teachers, and then if needed cuts to grade level bands.

Pre-K brings in students, even if some parents switch schools in K+.
Also many NW schools already only have PK4, so it’s highly unlikely they will cut anything else.

It’s more likely to cut specialized teachers who are not homeroom teachers before grade level bands.

All of this is about the budget for *this* fiscal year. Cutting positions for *next* fiscal year will have close to zero effect on resolving the issue. People on this thread don't understand how budgeting works and are making up nonsense. Because we have the actual money, it's not a matter of cutting future expenditures to free up funds; it's that we've been ordered to spend $1 billion less *this* fiscal year... which now can be reduced to $400 million thanks to the 2009 5% law. There may well be a separate fight over positions, etc for next year... but that budget hasn't been passed yet and has nothing to do with the present shortfall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The city already announced the plan for spending cuts yesterday. Schools themselves will not be affected, but pretty much everything else will be.

I’m not so sure schools won’t be affected. That’s the preliminary cuts until Bowser can get a supplemental budget to the council.

She can't furlough anyone employed with a collective bargaining agreement, like teachers.

I’ve been furloughed as a DCPS in 2011. And furloughs are listed in the DC Teachers Contract.

The announcement said there would be no closure of school facilities. It did not say that schools will not be affected. For schools, they've started hiring freezes, eliminating travel and reducing other expenses.

The announcement I received said that there would be no hiring freezes for school-based positions.

Where did you see that? I can’t find it anywhere

It was sent in an email, so I don’t think it is online for the public to see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This might be a stupid question because I admittedly don't have an understanding of school budgeting, but do we foresee any vast difference in impact on charter schools v. DCPS with these shortfalls?

Schools across the board aren’t going to experience a shortfall this FY. The money will be taken from other agencies if necessary.