Watchdog group questions DPS spending, accounting as uncertainty lingers around 2020-21 school year
$61 million budget shortfall projected for 2020-21
Channel 7 News, 05-27-20 By Russell Haythorn
DENVER — A watchdog group led by Denver’s Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation, or INC, projected Denver Public Schools could have a budget shortfall of $61 million for the 2020-2021 school year.
The group was critical of Denver Public Schools (DPS) for failures in managing the COVID-19 crisis, among other issues.
“DPS has done a miserable job,” said Hasira Ashemu, co-director of Our Voice Our Schools. “It was already bad before. What is it going to look like next year?”
“The question is: What’s really going on with the money?” said Margaret Bobb, a retired science teacher who taught for nearly three decades at DPS.
The INC suggests DPS freeze $35 million in third party consulting contracts and make further cuts to top heavy central administration to help manage the budget issues.
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