The Sting of Budget Cuts

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly her position must give her a lot of stock options in Montgomery College...

It’s inappropriate she is a high level liaison for mcps in her role. It’s a conflict of interest.

You still haven't described how it is a conflict of interest.

+2. She recuses herself whenever there's a vote concerning MC. I don't see the problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly her position must give her a lot of stock options in Montgomery College...

It’s inappropriate she is a high level liaison for mcps in her role. It’s a conflict of interest.

You still haven't described how it is a conflict of interest.

+2. She recuses herself whenever there's a vote concerning MC. I don't see the problem.

She controls the board and no one will vote against her or you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Clearly her position must give her a lot of stock options in Montgomery College...

It’s inappropriate she is a high level liaison for mcps in her role. It’s a conflict of interest.

You still haven't described how it is a conflict of interest.

Yes, I have. You are probably her trying to justify your poor decisions.

She got rid of MVA. That's enough for me.

Bless your heart, if you have one. Why do you care so much? Your obsession is truly strange.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly her position must give her a lot of stock options in Montgomery College...

It’s inappropriate she is a high level liaison for mcps in her role. It’s a conflict of interest.

You still haven't described how it is a conflict of interest.

Yes, I have. You are probably her trying to justify your poor decisions.

She got rid of MVA. That's enough for me.

Bless your heart, if you have one. Why do you care so much? Your obsession is truly strange.

MVA was publicly subsidizing child abuse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:26 kids in kindergarten classes.

This is awful.

This is where we need to prioritize. 29 in 1st. I think parents would gladly pay for an aide as in other districts, but MCPS won't allow it. Many would probably be open to a plan where parents pay for an aide for their school as well as for another less resourced school, but they won't allow that either.

This has been normal since MCPS started. This is nothing new.

The class size increase, making the benefit of an aide even greater, is new. As are the increase in behavioral issues (and lack of capacity and/or willingness to deal with them) noted upthread.

My DD (now 22) had 29 in first grade with no aide. Luckily she had a fabulous teacher and it was one of her best years in ES. I would trade a small class for a great teacher any time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Clearly her position must give her a lot of stock options in Montgomery College...

It’s inappropriate she is a high level liaison for mcps in her role. It’s a conflict of interest.

You still haven't described how it is a conflict of interest.

+2. She recuses herself whenever there's a vote concerning MC. I don't see the problem.

She controls the board and no one will vote against her or you.

At this point you just sound like a conspiracy theorist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Let's talk specifics. What would we cut so that, instead of a 1 student per class increase, we could have a 1 student per class decrease?

End contract with Highland Electric Fleets and get electric school buses from a company that is not ripping us off.

A good start. What else? Are there division in MCPS responsible for constantly changing the curriculum? Getting rid of those would be a win-win.

Ending the Highland contract would free up $50M.

Does it free it up OR would you just have to spend it elsewhere to replace buses?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS budget for 2024 is $3,320,000,000.

That’s $3.32 BILLION dollars. And that’s just the operating budget which doesn’t include Capital spending.

Thank you. How much do we need to trim from non-educational sources to fund enough teachers to have 1 or 2 fewer kids per class?

The budget is freely available online. Please go through it and let us know what you think should be cut. Even more helpful if you can note the impacts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let's talk specifics. What would we cut so that, instead of a 1 student per class increase, we could have a 1 student per class decrease?

End contract with Highland Electric Fleets and get electric school buses from a company that is not ripping us off.

A good start. What else? Are there division in MCPS responsible for constantly changing the curriculum? Getting rid of those would be a win-win.

Ending the Highland contract would free up $50M.

Does it free it up OR would you just have to spend it elsewhere to replace buses?

Frees it up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS budget for 2024 is $3,320,000,000.

That’s $3.32 BILLION dollars. And that’s just the operating budget which doesn’t include Capital spending.

Thank you. How much do we need to trim from non-educational sources to fund enough teachers to have 1 or 2 fewer kids per class?

The budget is freely available online. Please go through it and let us know what you think should be cut. Even more helpful if you can note the impacts.

The redacted budget. No way to get actual budget.

[Anonymous]

MCPS' budget is generous. They don't need to enlarge class sizes. They just choose to spend their funds on lots of other things like equity studies or RJ training. I really don't see the problem. Spending relfects the values of the people in charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS' budget is generous. They don't need to enlarge class sizes. They just choose to spend their funds on lots of other things like equity studies or RJ training. I really don't see the problem. Spending relfects the values of the people in charge.

Except that "things like equity studies or RJ training" don't make up a significant part of the budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS' budget is generous. They don't need to enlarge class sizes. They just choose to spend their funds on lots of other things like equity studies or RJ training. I really don't see the problem. Spending relfects the values of the people in charge.

Exactly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS' budget is generous. They don't need to enlarge class sizes. They just choose to spend their funds on lots of other things like equity studies or RJ training. I really don't see the problem. Spending relfects the values of the people in charge.

Except that "things like equity studies or RJ training" don't make up a significant part of the budget.

It all adds up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS budget for 2024 is $3,320,000,000.

That’s $3.32 BILLION dollars. And that’s just the operating budget which doesn’t include Capital spending.

Thank you. How much do we need to trim from non-educational sources to fund enough teachers to have 1 or 2 fewer kids per class?

The budget is freely available online. Please go through it and let us know what you think should be cut. Even more helpful if you can note the impacts.

Please show us the real spending. The budget does not include everything and very basic.