RIP Detroit Public Schools

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Here's the comment from the article I found to be most interesting:

"Under Snyder's plan, the EAA will manage the schools, but DPS will own and maintain the buildings and any debt service. Funding for the EAA may come from state per-pupil aid — $7,390 per child this year."

The EAA gets to manage the schools. Most likely with brand new teachers / administrators, as existing teachers would not get to keep their seniority and benefits. But DPS retains ownership of the cost to maintain the building and pay off current debt. And this would apply to 40 schools, including 16 of the 20 high schools.

So roughly 1/3 of the student population will transfer over to the EEA. DPS will keep 100% of its fixed costs and lose a third of its funding. EEA will get the 1/3 funding and have zero fixed costs.

I see a trainwreck coming on the horizon.

This is the result when the state can put a puppet in place to rubberstamp every state mandate.