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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] You are conflating budget and salaries. The school's budget does not reflect the salaries of the employees. At all. [/quote]

PP here, again. My explanation of the problem with average teacher salaries was in response to the person who (incorrectly) stated that DCPS "budgeted this way so schools can’t hire cheaper, less experienced staff to save money." That's just wrong. What happens in reality is that all schools get an "initial allocation" for a certain number of teachers, regardless of how much they actually cost. But higher paid, more experienced teachers end up at schools like Janney, while lower-paid, less experienced teachers end up at schools like Kimball. So when DCPS actually pays the salaries, Janney's school-level expenditures are much higher than Kimball's school-level expenditures. But Kimball doesn't get to keep the difference. So, in the end, when taking into account all funds flowing to schools (including the single biggest cost, labor), Janney gets a lot more money than Kimball.

Believe me, I would LOVE for you to explain how this isn't actually happening. [/quote]

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