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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cuts to PK next school year [/quote]

This won’t be the case. More likely cuts to social workers, counselors, multi-lingual teachers, sped teachers, and then if needed cuts to grade level bands.

Pre-K brings in students, even if some parents switch schools in K+. 
Also many NW schools already only have PK4, so it’s highly unlikely they will cut anything else.

It’s more likely to cut specialized teachers who are not homeroom teachers before grade level bands.[/quote]

All of this is about the budget for *this* fiscal year. Cutting positions for *next* fiscal year will have close to zero effect on resolving the issue. People on this thread don't understand how budgeting works and are making up nonsense. Because we have the actual money, it's not a matter of cutting future expenditures to free up funds; it's that we've been ordered to spend $1 billion less *this* fiscal year... which now can be reduced to $400 million thanks to the 2009 5% law. There may well be a separate fight over positions, etc for next year... but that budget hasn't been passed yet and has nothing to do with the present shortfall.[/quote]

Uhhh no, it’s about next year too, next school year (which starts this year).

The mayor already decided school’s budgets, they have been released. These cuts, whether this year or not IMPACT next school year.

Thus schools will have to change their budget for this coming school year and cut people I mentioned.  😒 [/quote]

DC's fiscal year is Oct 1 to Sept 30.  The current continuing resolution expires Sept 30.

The money that the CR forces to remain unspent is during this fiscal year, ending Sept. 30.  There is little time to reduce spending enough, which is why DC is taking measures now, even though a fix may happen.

The situation only effects this school year, this summer, and September of next school year.  Of course, you can't as a practical matter just suddenly hire a bunch of people on Oct 1.  And who knows what BS Congress will pull going forward.[/quote]

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