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		<title>Comment on Parents United wins open records case on BCG list of school closings by Parents Across America Update &#124; Seattle Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 20:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by helengym</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1454</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 02:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of answers have come out in the past few days. First I do want to apologize. The 340+ page District budget book came out on a Friday and we tried to get something up on Monday. As a result we confused where the District cutbacks were from the District&#039;s consolidated budget as opposed to the school by school budgets. 

It appears as though the District has built into the Consolidated Budget $304 million worth of unsecured spending: $120 million from the state, $60 million from the City, and $130+ million in union givebacks. The consolidated budget preserves itinerant music, counselors, etc. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/lA/ad/lAadBw8mA0yvC4FYRwrovg/FY2013-14-Consolidated-Budget.pdf 

However it is the school by school budgets where the consequences of not achieving these goals come into play. The school by school budgets are where we see the 25% across the board cuts, maximum class size, no books or supplies, no counselors, no APs, etc.
http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/gB/A3/gBA3plJc1pll6W6vrZuDmw/school-by-school-by-district-budgets.pdf

In terms of Question 2 on District expansion, the Public School Notebook wrote a more extensive story about Central Office expansion here: http://thenotebook.org/blog/135942/districts-central-office-grew-2012-budget-documents-show

In terms of Question 7 regarding the listing of 2 Renaissance principals on the District payroll, CFO Matt Stanski at tonight&#039;s SRC meeting explained that these principals are unassigned principals who became unassigned after their schools were converted to Renaissance charters.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple of answers have come out in the past few days. First I do want to apologize. The 340+ page District budget book came out on a Friday and we tried to get something up on Monday. As a result we confused where the District cutbacks were from the District&#8217;s consolidated budget as opposed to the school by school budgets. </p>
<p>It appears as though the District has built into the Consolidated Budget $304 million worth of unsecured spending: $120 million from the state, $60 million from the City, and $130+ million in union givebacks. The consolidated budget preserves itinerant music, counselors, etc. <a href="http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/lA/ad/lAadBw8mA0yvC4FYRwrovg/FY2013-14-Consolidated-Budget.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/lA/ad/lAadBw8mA0yvC4FYRwrovg/FY2013-14-Consolidated-Budget.pdf</a> </p>
<p>However it is the school by school budgets where the consequences of not achieving these goals come into play. The school by school budgets are where we see the 25% across the board cuts, maximum class size, no books or supplies, no counselors, no APs, etc.<br />
<a href="http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/gB/A3/gBA3plJc1pll6W6vrZuDmw/school-by-school-by-district-budgets.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/uploads/gB/A3/gBA3plJc1pll6W6vrZuDmw/school-by-school-by-district-budgets.pdf</a></p>
<p>In terms of Question 2 on District expansion, the Public School Notebook wrote a more extensive story about Central Office expansion here: <a href="http://thenotebook.org/blog/135942/districts-central-office-grew-2012-budget-documents-show" rel="nofollow">http://thenotebook.org/blog/135942/districts-central-office-grew-2012-budget-documents-show</a></p>
<p>In terms of Question 7 regarding the listing of 2 Renaissance principals on the District payroll, CFO Matt Stanski at tonight&#8217;s SRC meeting explained that these principals are unassigned principals who became unassigned after their schools were converted to Renaissance charters.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by helengym</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1449</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[helengym]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Absolutely agree Rich!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely agree Rich!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by Rich Migliore</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1448</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rich Migliore]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate your use of the term &quot;shadow role&quot; of the Great Schools Compact. As you know, I  have often pointed to how the compact committee has set itself up as a &quot;shadow governance body&quot; for the district which decides public policy in circumvention of the Sunshine Act and their self serving decisions are rolled out to the public at SRC meetings and voted upon without the mandated public processes.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I appreciate your use of the term &#8220;shadow role&#8221; of the Great Schools Compact. As you know, I  have often pointed to how the compact committee has set itself up as a &#8220;shadow governance body&#8221; for the district which decides public policy in circumvention of the Sunshine Act and their self serving decisions are rolled out to the public at SRC meetings and voted upon without the mandated public processes.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by helengym</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1441</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[helengym]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks. Hopefully we&#039;ll hear more details through the Notebook and at tomorrow night&#039;s SRC meeting.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks. Hopefully we&#8217;ll hear more details through the Notebook and at tomorrow night&#8217;s SRC meeting.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by letterstomsnewmanehrlich</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1439</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[letterstomsnewmanehrlich]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen, let me submit RTK documents for the questions you raise.
We need answers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Helen, let me submit RTK documents for the questions you raise.<br />
We need answers.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by letterstomsnewmanehrlich</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1437</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen, you are terrific. I would be happy to submit any RTK documents needed for the info you mentioned. Its an outrage the way they do things behind peoples backs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Helen, you are terrific. I would be happy to submit any RTK documents needed for the info you mentioned. Its an outrage the way they do things behind peoples backs.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget by Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget &#8592; NPE News Briefs</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/29/parents-united-top-10-questions-on-the-district-budget/comment-page-1/#comment-1435</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Parents United Top 10 questions on the District budget &#8592; NPE News Briefs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Get organized! City Council hearings on District budget by helengym</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/25/what-you-need-upcoming-hearings-districts-fy2014-budget-document/comment-page-1/#comment-1397</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[helengym]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you Maureen!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you Maureen!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Parents United wins open records case on BCG list of school closings by Parents United wins open records case on BCG list of school closings &#8592; NPE News Briefs</title>
		<link>http://parentsunitedphila.com/2013/04/25/parents-united-wins-open-records-case-on-bcg-list-of-school-closings/comment-page-1/#comment-1396</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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