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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Takoma Park crowd and County Council has really led the County and MCPS to a bad place.   15 years ago MCPS had the best schools in the DMV.  [b]Now, folks are trying wondering what happened and how did it get so bad so quickly. [/b] Well, its likely going to get worse, unless the County realizes its mistakes and MCPS will continue the trend of most of the best student leaving for private school which will further erode school performance.   [/quote]
Only those loud minority on DCUM. [/quote]

Another BOE or MCPS CO or TKPK rah, rah cheerleader?  But it won't change the facts, no matter how much you blog here.  Go ahead and do the Marie Antoinette thing all you want.  Just don't be surprised when TKPK feels the squeeze.

MCPS is sliding and if they don't cut it out, they're headed to the dumpster.  And guess what.  [b]All those cush six-figure Hungerford CO jobs and TKPK programs and special buses to TJ will be the first things cut from the budge[/b]t.  MCPS really can't read the handwriting on the wall, can they?  Let me connect the dots for you.

1.  Electric prices are through the roof.  Not only are residents pocketbooks hit, but all those shiny electric buses that MCPS bought will draw down their operating budget.
2. Feds are let go.  Many of them were in MC (ex. FDA, USDA, etc.).  Even though they got a temporary boost from a VERA or VSIP, that money will run out by around xmas.  From there, the job market is pretty bleak and you should see a whole bunch of super expensive houses up for fire sale come spring.
3.  No expensive houses = less tax revenue = budget shortfall.  Who's got the biggest chunk of labor budget who can be cut?  You guessed it.  MCPS will be belt tightening.
4.  MAGA turned all those same TKPK lefties MCPS catered to into omega dogs... so no bailout help coming for at least 3+ years.  That's a lot of budget shortfall to eat.

IF MCPS was smart, they'd start drawing down the budget now to avoid teacher cuts.  The problem is that when was the last time MCPS did anything that made common sense?  My guess is two years from now it will be a bloodbath.  And here's the rub - if MCPS does something really stupid like cut academic programs in favor of friends-and-family programs, you can bet that parents will push for vouchers.  MC Council won't have any choice but to pass it.  Why?  Because it's cheaper and they can draw down labor.  Once that happens, MCPS will go the way of many, many other metropolitan public school systems and become a place that's more of a penal colony than an educational system.

Y'all better wake up.  If you care about public education, better stop playing games.

But whatever.  I've said my peace.  Y'all can go on and bicker like you always do about how great MCPS is.[/quote]
These trolls always reveal themselves [/quote]

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