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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCPS: cut admin, cut CO positions, and get rid of IMPACT. The absurd amount of money, time, positions, etc related to IMPACT are absolutely absurd. Look to MCPS for teacher evaluation guidance…. It doesn’t have to be soooo complicated[/quote]

This. They should not fire teachers. [/quote]

Teachers should not be fired but not sure how schools get around that given the amount that may need to be cut. 60-70% of school budgets are staff and the majority of that staff are teachers or teachers and instructional support (paraprofessionals and dedicated aides). A 500 student school that has to cut $3,000 per student has to cut $1.5 million out of the last two months of school. These cuts aren't going to be spread across a whole school year, if the continuing resolution passes as is, the cuts have to be done over a couple of months. There aren't enough administrators and other staff in schools. Teachers may be cut last but the cuts will reach everyone.

I'm trying not to worry as I don't actually believe that this continuing resolution will make it through the next vote.[/quote]

Well you could definitely cut more than 10 million from central office.  Then you have coaches, deans, managers etc in schools that should go first.  Then non compulsory grades then compulsory grade teachers.  [/quote]

If you cut coaches then athletic teams at 90% of DCPS schools will just go away.

Jackson-Reed and Walls will continue on without much of a blip since their sports teams raise literally 15x more money privately compared to what DCPS budgets.

Sometimes the juice isn’t worth the squeeze when the optics of no sports teams will dominate all the headlines.[/quote]

I meant instructional coaches. [/quote]

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