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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just reading some of the news articles about this fight, and I saw several saying that before Grosso presented the Education Committee's spreadsheet for determining which schools were most in need of renovation dollars, Bowser and DME Jennifer Niles had their own model for determining fairly which schools should get first dibs.  I could not find Bowser's tool anywhere online though, to see what criteria she used.  Does anyone have a link?  It would be interesting to compare the two tools.[/quote]

The tool DCPS used is right on their website accessible here (on their modernization page, near the bottom under "Capital Improvement Plan Prioritization): https://sites.google.com/a/dc.gov/dcps-school-modernizations/home

The DCPS tool gives only 10% weight to the condition of the school building. Compare that to the Education Committee's evaluation tool, and it is hard to argue that Grosso is the one being political here, in my opinion.

The biggest problem with the Education Committee's rankings is that they had to rely on data from DCPS and DGS, much of which is flawed. It is my understanding that some of the committee's "adjustments" were in cases where the data was so flawed that it was ridiculous. For example, DCPS counts trailers as capacity so overcrowded schools often show a building utilization rate that can be as low as 80%. In other cases, DGS facilities assessments say the building is good, but there is an acknowledged, critical issue.[/quote]

The neighborhood cluster thing is a problem too because it does not align to school boundaries for most schools and does not account for OOB attendance and boundary utilization rates.  [/quote]

I live in Colonial Village.  I've also spoken to Grosso.  People, get over yourselves.  There are neighborhoods with greater need![/quote]

The schools with the most need aren't getting the $12M. Like PP said, what is $700k going to do at Smothers? Why is Shepherd the only school that got striped the last of its budget? I don't see Lafayette or Murch getting the last of their budget stripped and spread out in pennies ($700k is pennies in construction terms). The fact that Shepherd is the only school that got stripped + Grosso's comments show this whole drama is political BS.

$4.25M for Oyster Adams 
$300,000 for Aiton ES Renovation/Modernization 
$3M for Francis Stevens ES Modernization 
$1.7M for Garfield ES Renovation/Modernization 
$1.6M for Malcolm X at Green 
$1M for Raymond ES Modernization/Renovation 
$700,000 for Smothers ES Modernization/Renovation[/quote]

Here is the detailed description. Start at page 21. 
https://www.scribd.com/doc/311999204/21/IV-COMMITTEE-ACTION-AND-VOTE

Smothers is getting a new roof and exterior doors. The Committee says that it's unfair for schools who have already had a Phase 1 renovation to move to Phase 2 renovations when other schools haven't gotten anything yet. [/quote]

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