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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of assumptions being made on this thread by people who don't really understand the DCPS total budget, how much different things cost, what Central Office does or why. Having worked there for several years (not anymore), the vast majority of people working there deeply care about schools and students, and many are former DCPS teachers and current DCPS parents. You may not care about some of the work that happens there, but the vast majority are things that are needed to make the district function, and as a DCPS parent, I'm sad the cuts were necessary. The things that people are complaining about on this thread aren't going to get better with fewer staff and resources there. [/quote]

I appreciate your perspective but from my perspective there are a lot of positions that aren’t necessary.  The number of people working in curriculum who just force teachers to do a new curriculum every few years is absurd.  This is a district that spent a million dollars printing eureka books the first year that sat in boxes in the warehouse.  Then the guy who championed this curriculum got fired and it just fell by the wayside for the next new fad.  All of the extra testing is a waste of money (CAPE, MAP, iReady, reading inventory, STAMP, etc.). What has that gotten the district? Our scores suck, our attendance sucks, teacher morale sucks, kid’s behavior sucks.  [/quote]

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