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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These proposals overlook the fact that funding, to some degree, is tied to enrollment.  The loss of a classroom means the loss of teacher and about $100,000.  Watkins already forfeited a substantial chunk of federally-supported resources as the result of the loss of Title I status.  Now, DCPS has carved another $250,000 from the FY 2016 budget.[/quote]

Well, if you lose a classroom of course you're going to lose a teacher.  As for the loss of federal funds, yes, that's not great, but if more high SES families start attending, they can start pitching some funds in.  The reason the federal funds are given is for those families who'd never be able to pitch in.  [/quote]

Watkins lost something like $87,000 in Title I funds after FY 2014.  That is quite a lot of pitching in before even considering the projected loss of a quarter million in DCPS funds next year.[/quote]

Title I funds are no longer an 'on-off' decision. Thank God! Schools that don't meet the Title I threshold but still have significant proportions of students from poor households (the case for Maury, Watkins, and Brent) can count on per pupil 'at risk funding'.

N.B. Not sure where you're getting that $87K figure from. The initial budget allocations and the submitted budgets are here: http://dcps.dc.gov/DCPS/About+DCPS/Budget+and+Finance/FY16+Fiscal+Report+Card
Watkins lost funds largely proportional to the number of students it plans to go down.[/quote]

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