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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tonight, Dr. Taylor will release his 2027 operating budget recommendations:

[twitter]https://x.com/MCPS/status/2000940282666209648[/twitter]

This is going to drive the rest of the conversation for the school system between now and the June, so you'll want to tune in, pay attention and take lots of notes.

I predict gimmicky props and cringey dad jokes from Taylor. But given the budget shortfalls at the state and county levels, I also expect some pretty sobering statements and decisions as well as we simply don't have the money to fix all that is broken with MCPS. At least not all at once and in the face of declining enrollments and stagnant growth in the county.[/quote]

Let's be clear: we- the county and state- do have the money if we would prioritize and fund schools appropriately, as has been done in the past. There just isn't public support or political will to do the necessary tax increases or other-spending decreases to do so.
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I need a few years of responsible fiscal management before I would be willing to consider a tax increase "for the schools." [/quote]

You should have said "another" tax increase. They have done several in the last decade.

The problem is that there is no economic growth in Montgomery County and so they are constantly trying to squeeze more money from a tax base that is not growing. In addition, as MCPS retirees live longer and longer, their pension and retiree healthcare benefits cost more and more and more, but there's no forward thinking on how to pay for this while also addressing the current needs of the system, which also include rapidly rising healthcare costs for MCPS employees. Thus, pension, retiree and employee healthcare costs eat up a larger portion of a stagnant pie every year.

The notion we could just raise taxes if we cared enough about the children is delusional and offensive.[/quote]

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