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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"As a Janney parent, I don't think there's a ton of transparency on what is PTA-paid for vs. DCPS-paid for. I say this as someone who doesn't go to PTA meetings (admittedly) so perhaps if I went, I would learn this. But it's not like there's a line item breakdown of where the money goes. I have a general belief that the PTA pays for the extra custodial staff, and the extra staff around during recess (my child reports that the afterschool staff is usually there during recess, and I assume this isn't on DCPS dime). But no clue about who pays for partner/co teachers after"

There actually is a good amount of transparency if you go to the meeting and see the budget, although I haven't paid attention in a few years so I can't answer OP's question. But I can say that except for a few aides in pre-K/K years, I don't know any staff member with "teacher" in his/her title who does not have a B.A. at the very minimum. In fact, how about this. I'll post the bios that are available on the Janney website, which shows that the vast majority of the teachers - whether "co-teacher," "partner teacher" or "teacher - either have or are working on their masters.

http://www.janneyschool.org/about/teacher-bios/#rushing

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PP here, yes I admit I haven't gone to the meetings.   Although prompted by this thread, I did look at the PTA's website and it a general budget is posted as well as the DCPS budget for the school , so theoretically, you can deduce what staff is paid for by the PTA vs. DCPS.  E.g, there are 5 FTEs for teachers in 1st grade. There aren't other teaching staff (except for specials) allocated to first grade.  (Compare 5 FTEs for K teachers and 5 FTEs for K aids).  So that leads me to believe that any extra co/partner teachers are paid for by the PTA.  There are 5 FTEs allocated for custodians but the PTA budget also says it pays for "custodial staff"..so not exactly clear how to determine what the PTA is paying for that's additional.  [/quote]

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