DCPS Elementary School Resources

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, you can look at school budgets here:
http://dcpsdatacenter.com/

It's what the WOTP schools can pull in outside of the budget that counts, they pay for a lot of things for school, staff and students.

That can make a huge difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are WOTP and the PTA raises funds for assistants in the lower grades.

At EOTP schools they are funded for these additional supports. Aftercare can be free. Lunch can be free.

If you are at a Spanish immersion school, only Oyster is likely to have math materials in Spanish widely available. (According to teacher/tutor who comment on DC Eureka Spanish materials.

We are at a Spanish immersion school (not Oyster) , and our teachers use the Spanish Eureka Math curriculum and materials. It doesn't appear to be the best translation, but it does build Spanish math vocabulary.

[Anonymous]

Beware, OP... school gardens are everywhere! https://osse.dc.gov/service/school-gardens-program-sgp

[Anonymous]

Our EOTP school has limited options for aftercare because everything has to be free--maybe 15 families can afford special programs and we don't want to set up a have/have-not dynamic. We also don't do as many field trips as other schools do because asking families for $20 every time we want to go to the Smithsonian becomes a burden. The PTO is active but doesn't have enough of a budget to make a real dent in either of those issues.

But we do have a school garden. And great teachers and aides.

[Anonymous]

Old 6-figure PTA:
-aide for every class/grade
-1:1 iPads
-1:1 laptops
-$1,000 teacher supply card
-heavily subsidized field trips (cost: $125 per kid, charged $20)
-multiple assemblies
-teachers paid to run after school enrichments
-teachers paid to attend any PD they want (flight, hotel, conference fee, per diem)
-teacher MacBooks

New EOTP Title 1:
-old laptops missing half their keys, one cart for two classes to share
-no tablets. Did Donors Choose for $50 kindle Fires
-no supply money at start of year besides WTU $200. Later $150 from budget. Restrictions on where we can buy.
-needed staff laptop, was given an old student laptop
-one paid bus trip per year (doesn't include any other costs)
-no aides above K
-no paid assemblies
-few enrichments, all teacher volunteer
-no PD budget, must pay my own way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Old 6-figure PTA:
-aide for every class/grade
-1:1 iPads
-1:1 laptops
-$1,000 teacher supply card
-heavily subsidized field trips (cost: $125 per kid, charged $20)
-multiple assemblies
-teachers paid to run after school enrichments
-teachers paid to attend any PD they want (flight, hotel, conference fee, per diem)
-teacher MacBooks

New EOTP Title 1:
-old laptops missing half their keys, one cart for two classes to share
-no tablets. Did Donors Choose for $50 kindle Fires
-no supply money at start of year besides WTU $200. Later $150 from budget. Restrictions on where we can buy.
-needed staff laptop, was given an old student laptop
-one paid bus trip per year (doesn't include any other costs)
-no aides above K
-no paid assemblies
-few enrichments, all teacher volunteer
-no PD budget, must pay my own way

This is wayyyy exaggerated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It is peers on or above grade level.

It is a PTA that raises six figures every year.

It is a high level of political influence so downtown and the mayor treats them well.

We are at an EotP ES and my dc has plenty of peers above grade level.

Yay for you. In 5th grade?

No 4th. But the 5th graders have quite a number of kids who are above grade level.

What EOTP is this? The PARCC scores prove otherwise for almost all of them.

[Anonymous]

The thing that blows my mind is there is no difference in pay scale for DCPS title I schools vs the WOTP schools (and the handful of other non-title I). We should be incentivizing teachers at the highest need schools- the job is so much harder plus they do not have PTAs which provide so much extra. It’s a real shame.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thing that blows my mind is there is no difference in pay scale for DCPS title I schools vs the WOTP schools (and the handful of other non-title I). We should be incentivizing teachers at the highest need schools- the job is so much harder plus they do not have PTAs which provide so much extra. It’s a real shame.

They do, but only for those labeled highly effective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old 6-figure PTA:
-aide for every class/grade
-1:1 iPads
-1:1 laptops
-$1,000 teacher supply card
-heavily subsidized field trips (cost: $125 per kid, charged $20)
-multiple assemblies
-teachers paid to run after school enrichments
-teachers paid to attend any PD they want (flight, hotel, conference fee, per diem)
-teacher MacBooks

New EOTP Title 1:
-old laptops missing half their keys, one cart for two classes to share
-no tablets. Did Donors Choose for $50 kindle Fires
-no supply money at start of year besides WTU $200. Later $150 from budget. Restrictions on where we can buy.
-needed staff laptop, was given an old student laptop
-one paid bus trip per year (doesn't include any other costs)
-no aides above K
-no paid assemblies
-few enrichments, all teacher volunteer
-no PD budget, must pay my own way

This is wayyyy exaggerated.

Which part. Because I would love to know what part of my experience is exaggerated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old 6-figure PTA:
-aide for every class/grade
-1:1 iPads
-1:1 laptops
-$1,000 teacher supply card
-heavily subsidized field trips (cost: $125 per kid, charged $20)
-multiple assemblies
-teachers paid to run after school enrichments
-teachers paid to attend any PD they want (flight, hotel, conference fee, per diem)
-teacher MacBooks

New EOTP Title 1:
-old laptops missing half their keys, one cart for two classes to share
-no tablets. Did Donors Choose for $50 kindle Fires
-no supply money at start of year besides WTU $200. Later $150 from budget. Restrictions on where we can buy.
-needed staff laptop, was given an old student laptop
-one paid bus trip per year (doesn't include any other costs)
-no aides above K
-no paid assemblies
-few enrichments, all teacher volunteer
-no PD budget, must pay my own way

This is wayyyy exaggerated.

Which part. Because I would love to know what part of my experience is exaggerated.

I would love to know the school because this is not happening at our WOTP ES.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Old 6-figure PTA:
-aide for every class/grade
-1:1 iPads
-1:1 laptops
-$1,000 teacher supply card
-heavily subsidized field trips (cost: $125 per kid, charged $20)
-multiple assemblies
-teachers paid to run after school enrichments
-teachers paid to attend any PD they want (flight, hotel, conference fee, per diem)
-teacher MacBooks

New EOTP Title 1:
-old laptops missing half their keys, one cart for two classes to share
-no tablets. Did Donors Choose for $50 kindle Fires
-no supply money at start of year besides WTU $200. Later $150 from budget. Restrictions on where we can buy.
-needed staff laptop, was given an old student laptop
-one paid bus trip per year (doesn't include any other costs)
-no aides above K
-no paid assemblies
-few enrichments, all teacher volunteer
-no PD budget, must pay my own way

OP, Thank you for posting. This was the type of information I was looking for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Old 6-figure PTA:
-aide for every class/grade
-1:1 iPads
-1:1 laptops
-$1,000 teacher supply card
-heavily subsidized field trips (cost: $125 per kid, charged $20)
-multiple assemblies
-teachers paid to run after school enrichments
-teachers paid to attend any PD they want (flight, hotel, conference fee, per diem)
-teacher MacBooks

New EOTP Title 1:
-old laptops missing half their keys, one cart for two classes to share
-no tablets. Did Donors Choose for $50 kindle Fires
-no supply money at start of year besides WTU $200. Later $150 from budget. Restrictions on where we can buy.
-needed staff laptop, was given an old student laptop
-one paid bus trip per year (doesn't include any other costs)
-no aides above K
-no paid assemblies
-few enrichments, all teacher volunteer
-no PD budget, must pay my own way

This is wayyyy exaggerated.

Which part. Because I would love to know what part of my experience is exaggerated.

Old PTA also paid for tissues and Clorox wipes so we never ran out. If we did, Amazon had them there in two days.

[Anonymous]

What school has 1:1 ipads and laptops? That is pure fantasy.

[Anonymous]

What field trip could possibly cost $125? What assemblies cost a lot of money and why do assemblies matter?

I think the list-maker compiled all the things she has heard of any one school posdibly having, but no school has nearly all of that.