NYC Education Department central office hired 70% more employees since 2003 amid school budget cuts
Thursday, July 8th 2010, 4:00 AM
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Tweed Courthouse in Lower Manhattan is the site of a 70% increase in NYC Department of Education central office staff since 2003, agency records reveal.The head count at the Education Department's central office has ballooned nearly 70% since 2003, agency data show.
As the city moves to cut school budgets and shed teachers, the number of employees rose to 2,268 in 2010 from 1,332 in 2003, when the mayor took over the school system, the department's financial status reviews from those years show.
Salaries for central staffers have also jumped by 79% in the same period, to almost $189 million last year from $105.6 million, documents show.
"They say they're cutting central, but they're just putting more and more money into testing and managing data," said Lisa Donlan, president of lower Manhattan's parents council. "It's not instructional."
The Office of Accountability, which oversees testing, saw the largest spike, from just eight
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