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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry, there EOTP schools need much more in terms of equity than Murch does. They can squeal but Mary Cheh cannot in good conscience do very much until about 8 other schools (Payne, Orr, Garrison, etc.) are taken care of.

This, because of the tens of millions poured into other the other Ward 3 ES's.[/quote]

While Ward 3 makes a fun political pinata, it's a myth that Ward 3 schools get more resources. There are two budgets -- the operating budget, which is how much schools get each year to run, and the capital budget, which is how much is spent building facilities. The operating budget is given to schools in a per-pupil allotment, and Ward 3 schools always get the lowest per-pupils in the city, year after year. Since the latest round of modernization began, per-pupil spending in the capital budget in Ward 3 has been below the city average, I think it was fifth of the eight wards.

Keep in mind that most of the kids who go to school in Ward 3 don't live in Ward 3. No other ward takes as many kids from other wards.

Every school in Ward 3 is over capacity and the most crowded schools in the city are all in Ward 3. Average utilization for DCPS schools is in the 60-something percent range. On a per-pupil basis it's a lot cheaper to operate an overcrowded school than an under-enrolled one. In terms of equity, it's the underenrolled schools that are diverting resources away from the children.[/quote]

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