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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You've nailed the problem, and the reason for the problem is mcps sets it up that way so the Clusters are always competing against each other.  That keeps them from seriously fighting MCPS!

A few years back the clusters worked together (slogan that every cluster coordinator testified for was "make the pie bigger," rather than schools each fighting for a larger piece of the pie).  [b]Guess what, it worked![/b]  [/quote]

How did it work? And if it did, why aren't the cluster coordinators following that model again?[/quote]

It worked in that the funds for MCPS were increased. Your property taxes were raised, as were mine. Everyone on that Council who was up for re-election, lost. But schools got more money, and many got what they asked for. Not all, there's never enough for all (a panel in 2008 said the schools needed $1.6 billion to catch-up and that is never going to happen and I am certain that number would be more than doubled today).

There's over 200 schools, there's always a school that  just got renovated, and there's always a bunch of schools waiting to get renovated.  Most are in the middle, could use a refresh, but aren't in enough trouble to have to spend money on them.[/quote]

What’s sad about your post is that all those council members lost their seats and no current members have that courage.  And even the people on this board that gripe about the schools don’t seem ready to pay more.  They will gripe about programs that cost a million here and a million there when even if you cut them all it would not put a dent in the need.  
I agree they waste money on some stupid shit but some of that is because it’s cheaper than real solutions.  Like buying crap chrome books because they are so much cheaper than decreasing class size and at least the kids can run prodigy problems while the teacher works with the other math group.  Or paying a million to kids museum to  run a few science programs because they don’t have the 100 million it would take to staff and supply a real ES science curriculum.[/quote]

They have 300 million in unspent ESSER funds.  [/quote]

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