What cutbacks will schools make next year?

[Anonymous]

At our staff meeting this week our principal said no more IXL next year because it's too expensive, which is a shame because I really like IXL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think all our TA's are going to lose their jobs. And the coaches. And the librarians. And a bunch of people at central office. And some of the front office secretaries. I don't think any of the specials teachers will survive or if they do, it'll be 10% of normal staffing. I also think class sizes are going to increase and many young teachers are going to lose their jobs. I suspect that if not this fall, then next, school districts will lose 50% of their funding.
If people think things are bad now.....

+1. Most districts have already set their budgets for next year. I think it won't be until the 21-22 school year, that the major cuts start happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things like languages in lower grades, buses for sports, in addition to some sports themselves.

A lot depends on whether and how long kids will physically be in the schools.

Buses for sports? We do not have those in our MCPS MS or our HS. Parents (and 11th and 12th graders with driver's licenses and cars) have to drive the athletes.

They have them here in our pwcs schools.

[Anonymous]

God I hope they will cut back on all those numerous apps that are supposed to teach our kids math.
I am ok with 60 mins of math with half the class and a teacher, and 60 mins of ELA а day. If you throw in 30 mins of recess or PE in between, I am thrilled.
Steam, art, social sciences and such - this can wait/be remote/I can arrange it myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think all our TA's are going to lose their jobs. And the coaches. And the librarians. And a bunch of people at central office. And some of the front office secretaries. I don't think any of the specials teachers will survive or if they do, it'll be 10% of normal staffing. I also think class sizes are going to increase and many young teachers are going to lose their jobs. I suspect that if not this fall, then next, school districts will lose 50% of their funding.
If people think things are bad now.....

+1. Most districts have already set their budgets for next year. I think it won't be until the 21-22 school year, that the major cuts start happening.

All the districts did set their budgets and all of them had to create new ones to account for the shortfalls. I do think cuts will be steeper in 2021-2022 though. For now, the cuts were easy to achieve by canceling approved 3% raises and step increases and a handful of other planned things. No need to cut staff though they may not hire as aggressively but there will still be positions that get filled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Things like languages in lower grades, buses for sports, in addition to some sports themselves.

A lot depends on whether and how long kids will physically be in the schools.

Buses for sports? We do not have those in our MCPS MS or our HS. Parents (and 11th and 12th graders with driver's licenses and cars) have to drive the athletes.

They have them here in our pwcs schools.

Our hs (not in dc area ) has them but the kids have games/meets in rural areas up to an hour away. I still find it really odd that schools don’t have buses for sports though! Not every kid has a chance to be taught to drive in 10th or 11th grade, has a car to drive, working parents, parents who can navigate driving to those types of areas, etc

[Anonymous]

Are you anticipating cuts from the state budgets? I thought most schools were funded by local property taxes which shouldn't change much in our DC area. Housing prices won't tank here.

I'm not worried about budget cuts at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope schools cut the heck out of sports.

And that's exactly the opposite of what I hope. Kids learn so much from participating on sports teams. It is a true value-added activity.

America is one of the only countries in the world where sports are integrated into public education. We could save billions of dollars by not funding sports teams in public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope schools cut the heck out of sports.

And that's exactly the opposite of what I hope. Kids learn so much from participating on sports teams. It is a true value-added activity.

America is one of the only countries in the world where sports are integrated into public education. We could save billions of dollars by not funding sports teams in public schools.

For that matter, we could save billions of dollar by not funding science, too. Your line of reasoning doesn't work. Physical education is an essential part of the curriculum. There is no way to justify not funding physical education and sports in schools. Enrichment types of classes, like music, art and drama, although nice to have, would need to be not funded first. Priorities, people, priorities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope schools cut the heck out of sports.

And that's exactly the opposite of what I hope. Kids learn so much from participating on sports teams. It is a true value-added activity.

America is one of the only countries in the world where sports are integrated into public education. We could save billions of dollars by not funding sports teams in public schools.

For that matter, we could save billions of dollar by not funding science, too. Your line of reasoning doesn't work. Physical education is an essential part of the curriculum. There is no way to justify not funding physical education and sports in schools. Enrichment types of classes, like music, art and drama, although nice to have, would need to be not funded first. Priorities, people, priorities.

We’re talking about sports here, not P.E. Most kids don’t even play on a school team, and yet we spend millions on it.

[Anonymous]

Parents can pay for sports if they want to opt their kids into them. If there isn’t enough demand, then it doesn’t happen. There you go! Capitalism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents can pay for sports if they want to opt their kids into them. If there isn’t enough demand, then it doesn’t happen. There you go! Capitalism.

And support staff can get jobs elsewhere. Not sure what your point is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents can pay for sports if they want to opt their kids into them. If there isn’t enough demand, then it doesn’t happen. There you go! Capitalism.

And support staff can get jobs elsewhere. Not sure what your point is.

...yeah they should. The schools aren’t going to be able to pay coaches or pay teachers per session to run sports. The primary function of school is education, not developing athletes. You’re free to do those activities after school and on weekends.

[Anonymous]

A lot of money gets spend on “extras” throughout the year, such as shirts for staff, lunch for staff for PD and holidays, etc. I think all of that will be cut out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of money gets spend on “extras” throughout the year, such as shirts for staff, lunch for staff for PD and holidays, etc. I think all of that will be cut out.

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