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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can someone tell me how we hear this song and dance every year... and then end up with a surplus?

Did the schools get all the money they were asking for? NO!

Was  their a considerable increase from last year? YES!

Their projections are just that projections not actual costs!  The county supervisors just refused to be extorted this time! They propose cuts to the programs that they know MOST parents will scream and shout about to force the supervisors to give more money.  The need for THIS much more is not there. [/quote]

Yup. Exactly. As the math proves, there are no cuts. [/quote]

There have been many cuts over the recent years. This past year there were fewer cuts, but our school still lost computer help and administrative help. Parents had to do more to help out the school and we lost the ability to have children ride home on busses for playdates. The year before we saw class size increases and the school lost an aide.[/quote]
But it's an actual fact that the budget was higher. The issue is simply priorities for spending.

New programs and allocations were added at the expense of the things you mention.

They had more money, they just spent it on different things.[/quote]

The number of students getting enrolled increases each year.  To cover that increase in enrollment, you need more teachers and larger facilities.  That's were the money is going.[/quote]

Not much of it. There were 3089 more students this year, only about 1.6% more. [/quote]

No, that's a large number of students.  It's like needing 1.5 new high schools this year -- buildings, teachers, supplies, etc. for a school district that is already overcrowded.

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Does this figure take into account the number of students that leave every year due to graduation, moving, etc? If so, than yes, gaining several thousand students every year is a concern. However, school systems that lose students every year consistently are typically the less-regarded ones, like PG county schools. So, it is an issue either way, and a frustrating one. [/quote]

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