D.C. Schools Insider: April 25, 2010 - May 1, 2010
Election flap pits Saunders against Parker, AFT
While the Fenty administration searches for a way to finance the proposed teachers' contract, the troubled pact has also spawned a dispute within the WTU leadership over its elections. The contest, usually held May, has yet to be scheduled. General...
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April 29, 2010; 9:17 PM ET |
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"Significant progress" in contract funding
There's movement tonight in attempts to close a yawning gap in the financing for the proposed teachers contract. District officials hope to have a proposal that will pass muster Friday with the city's chief financial officer, his spokesman said. David...
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April 29, 2010; 7:11 PM ET |
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ISO: A CFO for Michelle Rhee
The Natwar Gandhi-Michelle Rhee showdown before the D.C. Council is a day away, but the District Chief Financial Officer was preparing Wednesday afternoon. Gandhi, at odds with the schools chancellor over financing of the proposed teachers' union contract, told a...
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April 29, 2010; 12:57 PM ET |
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A $2,000 surplus and "absolute hogwash"
D.C. Chief Financial Officer Natwar M. Gandhi, who declined to speak for Sunday's story on his scuffling with Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee, apparently had second thoughts after he read the piece. He dispatched spokesman David Umansky to push back at...
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April 27, 2010; 2:28 PM ET |
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In search of $30 million in overspending
When District CFO Natwar M. Gandhi told Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee that the $34 million surplus she thought she had didn't exist, he also said DCPS had overspent its budget by an estimated $30 million. About $20 million was in...
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April 26, 2010; 5:19 PM ET |
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