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Buried at the end of the article: They've made up 2/3 of the shortfall in attendance; if attendance rises at DCPS they get no extra money, if attendance rises at charters they DO get extra money.

While that's true to a certain extent, isn't it obvious that the reason DCPS doesn't want to be funded on a quarterly basis (as charters are) is that it doesn't want to give up the additional unused padding (at this point, $6 million) it receives each year?

The galling thing about this isn't the over-projection alone, for which, as MLD wrote, there are valid reasons. However, it's apparent that DCPS does is overfunded each year (albeit an amount less than reported in the article), and it's aggravating that on top of this overfunding, the Mayor wanted to give an extra $30 million to DCPS while stiffing charters completely.

If it's not obvious, my daughter goes to a charter school.

by dcd on Feb 17, 2012 9:55 am • link • report

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