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They HAVE cut people out of central office, OP. Some people that in my opinion were necessary!

The problem is the following: MCPS does not hold the purse-strings. Montgomery County Council does. MCPS has overcrowding issues, because a ton of people are moving into Montgomery County for the schools, jobs, etc. They end of in MCPS, and therefore there is a budget problem, because the Council has a hard time approving budget increases every year.

I am a music-lover.

Despite this, I understand that there are priorities that supercede elective programs. Some schools ahve no functioning A/C. Some schools have leaky roofs. Many schools are so overcrowded as to be unsafe (especially high schools) and building a new high schools costs several million dollars, quite literally, that MCPS has to pry from the County Council.

My point is that this is not easy. You can complain and whine, but in the end, all you're doing is taking money from one essential post to another you think is equally or more essential. There isn't enough money to go around.

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