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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Oh good, they found the $39 million in D.C.

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Oh good, they found the $39 million in D.C.

Oh good, they found the $39 million in D.C.

"We had to open things up and move some things around."-- Mayor Fenty

WaPo's Bill Turque reports that D.C. district crats have "found" the $39 million need to pay for Rhee's bogus contract. Was it is a drawer somewhere? Stuck to somebody's shoe? No, it will come from cuts to after-school programs, and stim $$$ that should have gone to pay salaries of hundreds of layed-off teachers.

Private foundations have promised to pick up $21 million of the tab. Of course, they promise lots of things. D.C. teachers are being asked to abandon all remaining job protections in the contract in exchange for a one-time