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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are at a school that (I'm guessing from the less than clear letter we got) will have it's head start funding adjusted next year.  This DCPS link discusses what head start funds are used to support: http://www.dcpsschoolbudgetguide.com/changes/ece.html.

My take is, if you UMC and taking advantage of PK, that's fine and what the current system envisions.  [b]But now we will have to increase the financial support we send to our PTAs.[/b]  Because we will need to make up the head first funds that were going to go towards supplies.  Unclear how/whether schools intent to replace the funding for instructional coaching and curriculum, which is invaluable.

This is disappointing, of course, because schools with bigger and wealthier parents will be better able to replace what is lost, and will have more support, which is unfair.  I wish I thought DCPS, or the city, would find funding for to replace what is lost.  Really, these programs are great and should be maintained.[/quote]

The better solution is for the Council and mayor and DCPS to make up the finding gap. Far easier and more fair to find $14 million in the city's coffers than to hit up parents.[/quote]

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