Operating Budget

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's December, there are lots of phases left for this budget, I'm sure we will get more details before next school year.

LOL The public is supposed to have input before the budget is voted on. No budget, no input.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's December, there are lots of phases left for this budget, I'm sure we will get more details before next school year.

LOL The public is supposed to have input before the budget is voted on. No budget, no input.

There are public hearings on the operating budget on January 18th and 25th.

[Anonymous]

Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

[Anonymous]

Well they need a budget draft to have input on what it looks like and have people vote on it eventually? Then they will make changes, like they do every year. It's okay DCUM the boogeymen at MCPS aren't trying to get ya! I think they just wanted to say we're prioritizing X, Y and Z in the budget that we've made so far.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well they need a budget draft to have input on what it looks like and have people vote on it eventually? Then they will make changes, like they do every year. It's okay DCUM the boogeymen at MCPS aren't trying to get ya! I think they just wanted to say we're prioritizing X, Y and Z in the budget that we've made so far.

Then why did McKnight say she was recommending a budget if she hadn’t even written one?

Her press event. Her words.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

+100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well they need a budget draft to have input on what it looks like and have people vote on it eventually? Then they will make changes, like they do every year. It's okay DCUM the boogeymen at MCPS aren't trying to get ya! I think they just wanted to say we're prioritizing X, Y and Z in the budget that we've made so far.

According to the published schedule, the budget was supposed to have been published last Thursday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.

How do you know? Just because they haven't updated the website yet doesn't mean the document doesn't exist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.

How do you know? Just because they haven't updated the website yet doesn't mean the document doesn't exist.

Where is it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Good one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.

It's odd that some posters are citing specifics then as if they had the budget in hand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

That's how a representative democracy works. I mean, we elect the people to act in our best interests.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.

Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate

LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.

It's odd that some posters are citing specifics then as if they had the budget in hand.

There have been specifics taken from the Thursday presentation:

https://moco360.media/2023/12/15/superintendent-mcknight-unveils-3-32-billion-mcps-operating-budget/