School Budgets released-- ESY out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teachers at the schools agreed to teach there. Back in 2013-2014 when it was first proposed teachers voted. Many schools voted against it and the schools that have it voted that they wanted the extra pay that came with the extra time. No one forced it down their throats.

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Anonymous wrote:Re ESY, it seems like a good, data-driven decision.

Tried it, didn't work as hoped and had significant downsides (enrollment/teacher burnout and resistance) so they ended the program.

Not sure where you got the impression that it was a data-driven decision. The roll out was terrible- it was set up to fail by inept planning.

the truth is the unions bitched about it and it got canned

That is not true. I work at Raymond, the first esy school. We did not vote to implement it. We were told it was happening. In fact, we found out via a Washington Post article that Raymond was extending the year. It was stated in the article that teachers wanted more time with kids at Raymond. However it was not true. The principal decided along with Kaya Henderson. We were given an arbitrary deadline to transfer that was before any schools were posting vacancies. If we didn’t sign the new contract we were on our own. Every subsequent year EAY schools were given an earlier deadline to transfer. It was always before any other schools were hiring. DVPS made it almost impossible to leave

[Anonymous]

Miner has been planning to add an PK classroom (plus another separate SN classroom at the ECE level) since at least the beginning of this year, so not a new budgeting thing.

[Anonymous]

Our WOTP DCPS school had our budget cut even though no drop in enrollment. Did other schools experience the same? Is this an across the board thing or specific to our school?

Did anyone find global figures? I know I can pull each school's individual allocation but I don't have the time or desire to weed through it. Is there compiled info out there anywhere for FY20 like they have posted for prior years?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our WOTP DCPS school had our budget cut even though no drop in enrollment. Did other schools experience the same? Is this an across the board thing or specific to our school?

Did anyone find global figures? I know I can pull each school's individual allocation but I don't have the time or desire to weed through it. Is there compiled info out there anywhere for FY20 like they have posted for prior years?

Yes, this is the case for lots of schools. And there are a bunch where DCPS is predicting a drop in enrollment that seems to be based on no evidence. It is all just totally made up.