DCPS: Initial General Documents on the Proposed FY09 Budget

(Note: These two documents were obtained from Acting DC Attorney General Peter Nickles, after eight parents and teacher and neighbors sued Chancellor Rhee and Mayor Fenty, asking for budget information.) Pages 1-36 (2MB pdf) of the Chancellor's proposed budget (no details) to the mayor. Pages 37-46 (553 kb pdf). A list of proposed initiatives for FY09 (52kb pdf). We are still expecting Chancellor Rhee to provide much more detail, as required by law.
Here's an analysis of the documents by Mary Levy.

DCPS: FY08 Local School Budgets

Here are local school budgets for FY08.

From the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization

The first four of these documents were provided in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. Here are the Office's response letters: Response 1 (128 kb pdf) and Response 2 (396 kb pdf).

Various Capital Requisitions, input 4/1/06 to 2/26/08 (125kb Excel file)
Breakdown of Targeted Repair Initiative (29kb Excel file)
OPEFM Monthly Report from December 2007 see chart at end (5mb kB pdf file)
OPEFM October 1, 2007, Report on Modernization Projects (48kb pdf file)
OPEFM December 4, 2007, Transition Plan (875 kB pdf file) and inserted pages 47-49 (382 kb pdf file)

Most of the following documents were obtained as a result of a Freedom of Information Act request (80 kb Word file) submitted on December 6, 2007. (NOTE: The government is refusing to release any e-mails or notes that would show how the school closing decisions were really made.)

Office of Property Management

January 2008 rent rolls: a list of property rented by D.C. government agenices (45 kB Excel).

DCPS: Documents on School Closures

A January 2008 DCPS estimate of expected utilities savings from the closings. (190 kB pdf).

Mayor's Office: Documents on School Closures

The 9/12/07 Alvarez and Marsal analysis conducted for Mayor Fenty (164 kB Excel spreadsheet), and an e-mail from Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education indicating that the earlier $23.7 million estimate was based on closing 30 schools (7 more than the Mayor is actually proposing to close). The Alvarez & Marsal analysis calculated the fixed cost savings associated with closing Bowen, Bunker Hill, Draper, Eckington, Hine, Mamie D Lee, Moten, Park View, Patterson, Powell, Ron Brown, Sharpe Health, Shaw, Slowe, Stevens, West, and Young. The analysis did not look at loss of students to charter schools. Here's an executive summary (1MB pdf) of the full study.
The overall ‘master’ data spreadsheet showing DCPS facility information, used as the primary data compilation and data source by 21st Century School Fund in its analysis” (MASTER School File SY2006-07.xls) (836 kB Excel spreadsheet)
building capacity and enrollment figures (145 kB Excel spreadsheet)
slides etc (46 kb pdf)
Nov 13 memo by government contractors, summarizing part of the process used to develop the school closing list (36 kb pdf)
Oct 3 Presentation by 21st Century, Brookings, and Urban Institute, to the D.C. Government, on School Closings (5 Mb pdf) and another version (1.1 Mb pdf), predicting the loss of about 1,000 students from DCPS
Analysis of Housing Projections Citywide by 21st Century, Brookings, and Urban Institute, to the D.C. Government, on School Closings (92 kb pdf)
Recent Emails between Councilmember Tommy Wells and Deputy Mayor for Education Victor Reinoso, regarding schools (3 Mb pdf)
Emails between 21st Century School Fund and Victor Reinoso's Office: school beautification (5.6 Mb pdf), Aug 1 through Sep 12 (5 Mb pdf), Sep 13 (4 Mb pdf), Sep 19 through Nov 16 (4 Mb pdf), Nov 19 through Nov 27 (12 Mb pdf), Nov 28 through Dec 7 (606 kB pdf)
Emails between Abigail Smith, Special Assistant to Victor Reinoso, and other members of the DC government: Aug 1 through Nov 26 (6 Mb pdf), and Nov 27 through Dec 7 (4 Mb pdf)
Emails between Victor Reinoso and government employees on 9/4/07 (5 Mb pdf), 9/5/07 (5 Mb pdf), 9/6/07 (4 Mb pdf), 9/7/07 to 9/18/07 (5 Mb pdf), 9/19/07 to 9/21/07 (4 Mb pdf), 10/2/07 to 10/9/07 (5 Mb pdf), 10/10/07 to 10/11/07 (3 Mb pdf), 10/12/07 to 10/23/07 (6 Mb pdf), 10/25/07 (5 Mb pdf), 10/25/07 to 11/8/07 (2 Mb pdf), 11/9/07 to 11/14/07 (5 Mb pdf), 11/15/07 to 11/19/07 (4 Mb pdf), 11/19/07 (4 Mb pdf), 11/27/07 to 12/1/07 (5 Mb pdf), 12/2/07 to 12/4/07 (1 Mb pdf), 12/4/07 (5 Mb pdf), 12/5/07 to 12/7/07 (6 Mb pdf)
Maps showing where students attend school, for Ward 1 (1 Mb pdf), Ward 2 (1 Mb pdf), Ward 4 (2 Mb pdf), Ward 5 (part 1) (1 Mb pdf), Ward 5 (part 2) (2 Mb pdf), Ward 6 (2 Mb pdf), Ward 7 (1 Mb pdf), and Ward 8 (1 Mb pdf). (Apparently, no maps for Ward 3 were created.)

DCPS and Public Charter School Enrollment Figures, and Analysis of Impact by Race

Summary e-mail and spreadsheet showing disproportionate impact of proposed closures on black and Hispanic students
2007-2008 unaudited enrollment numbers for DCPS schools, provided by 21st Century School Fund (3.3 MB excel file)
2006-2007 audited enrollment numbers of both DCPS and public charter schools (Excel, 3Mb document) or the same file, zipped (360 kB)

Advocates

Testimony for the January 14, 2008, City Council hearing on school closings by Kathryn Pearson-West (42 kB Word file), Iris Toyer (308 kB pdf file), and Marc Borbely (30 kB pdf file). (Please send other testimonies that can be posted, to borbely@fixourschools.net.)

Washington Teachers Union

The current teachers union contract (2.3Mb pdf)

Washington Teachers Union

The current teachers union contract (2.3Mb pdf)

Also see the 21st Century School Fund's Data Shop for more data. Note: the 21st Century School Fund was hired to produce the 2008 school closings plan for the District.