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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Thanks for raising this, Jeff.

I don't understand this language in the petition:

"DCPS receives $11,580 in foundation funding -- before additional funding for at risk, special education and English language learners -- for each student at Wilson but proposed to pass only approximately $6,000 in such foundation funding per student to Wilson."

Can you explain? Is DCPS diverting foundation funding from Wilson, in other words "stealing" the difference between $11,580 and the $8,307 you point out?[/quote]

That is my understanding but I was not part of drafting the petition so I don't know for sure. I'll try to get a clarification.
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Except Wilson is not "entitled" to that foundation funding. DCPS as a whole is funded based on enrollment but allocate across schools as it sees fit based on underlying costs, needs, economies of scale.  Not signing.[/quote]

Fine PP- don't sign. But how exactly is Wilson supposed to serve it's at risk population- which is close to 1/3 of enrollment -with such a cut in the budget? [/quote]

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