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[quote=Anonymous]I just heard about this and, while I am not a Murch parent, I am appalled.

"Over the last several years, the fight to renovate and expand Murch has hit numerous potential roadblocks. As a strong community, we have worked together to overcome them all. The project now faces another challenge, and we need help from our entire community to ensure that we can overcome this latest obstacle to getting the school building our children need and deserve.
DC Public Schools (DCPS) and the Department of General Services (DGS) informed the Murch School Improvement Team (SIT) that the project is underfunded — by $10 million — for the design that was presented to the community last July. The current budget is based on estimates by DGS that agency officials promised were sufficient for the necessary modernization. DCPS and DGS admit that their estimate was grossly incorrect, however, they are not proposing to increase the budget, but rather to change the building plans.

DCPS and DGS have proposed revisions to the design to scale it back and fit it to their incorrectly calculated budget. Their revisions would eliminate some of the core educational elements required by Murch, or any school"

This includes no cafeteria and replacing the play space for PreK and Kindergarten with surface parking.

http://murchschool.org/murch-modernization-needs-your-help/

Is DCPS out to get the Murch community or something?
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