D.C. Council questions schools budget

D.C. Public Schools officials told a skeptical D.C. Council Tuesday that they are not giving more money to the central office as they make severe cuts at some District schools. Acting Chancellor Kaya Henderson said the proposed fiscal 2012 schools budget cuts $3.5 million and 66 positions from headquarters, bringing the central office’s price tag to $37.1 million.

“I’m telling you, we have empty cubicles,” Henderson told D.C. Council members who questioned her about shifting titles and positions away from central office and labeling them as “school support.”