D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s proposed fiscal year 2020 budget places millions of dollars into technology, early child care, school modernization and other projects school leaders said will accentuate District families’ academic experience. For some parents, teachers and education advocates however, a reduction in the base budget for neighborhood schools serving students in Wards 7 and 8 has overshadowed those investments, further calling into question D.C. Public Schools’ commitment to its most under-resourced young people.
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