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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tubman’s budget was cut by $1.2 million costing them an estimated 12 positions. Suddenly DCPS says the hold harmless provisions no longer apply and they say the school will have an enrollment drop of 152. This is because they are in a swing space. It’s funny the Post article mentioned schools with smaller cuts but not this one.  [/quote]

Tubman is getting totally screwed by this budget. A 9% DECREASE. Of course they lost enrollment when they moved to a swing space. EVERYBODY loses enrollment when they go to a swing space. To ditch a bunch of teachers for one year, when of course enrollment will go way up the next year in the new building, is absurd. Tubman has been improving so much (highest test score improvements in the city last year) and this is just a slap in the face.

Charter schools can cry me a river. [/quote]

This is concerning as I'm looking to send my child to pre-k at Tubman next year. Will they presumably increase the budget again after moving back to the swing space or will this cause lingering damage? [/quote]

Absolutely will cause lingering damage. Even if they restore funds ahead of the year they move back to the new building they will still probably under predict enrollment. But even if they do fully fund it, who are you hiring? You lost experienced teachers and the hiring pool is never large. Or even worse they realize they under funded and try to add teachers later, so you’re hiring from whoever is leftover in the pool and potentially splitting established classes. [/quote]

Definitely talk to your councilmember. The mayor's office and DCPS continually underestimate their communities and schools which causes overcrowding and underfunding. Look at the what Ward 4 tried to tell the city about Wells and Coolidge and it's been five years and now both are overcrowded with many of the feeders expecting enrollment increases. [/quote]

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