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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ward 3 is getting a whole new high school so waaaaaaaaah [/quote]

Oh please. The "new" high school is an old elementary school in a bad location.  They aren't doing major renovations; just adding a cafeteria, which previously didn't exist.  The goal is to reduce the growth at already way-overcrowded J-R, which serves students from a bunch of wards.

So why are you acting like Ward 3 is getting showered with luxuriant gifts?  The gift was to GDS -- Bowser did them a favor by buying their property.  The gift is not to DCPS or public school families.[/quote]

Well, I live in Ward 5 and our Title I is taking a cut despite a 10% enrollment increase. So forgive me if I don't feel sorry for Ward 3.[/quote]

Your Ward 5 school -- Burroughs ES -- is receiving $21,464 dollars per student next year. The per-student average for Ward 3 elementary schools is $12,238. So your school is still receiving $9,226 more per student which is equivalent to 75% higher spending. If Janney received the same funding per student as Burroughs, it would increase Janney's annual budget by $5.7 million which would enable it to hire over 50 more teachers So there is that...[/quote]

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