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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another one??

He already did 8.7% a few years ago.   Then tried for another big one- that the council cut in half last yr.

Couple that with everyone's property taxes going way up anyway because of assessments.

Good Lord, Elrich.

For once stand up to MCPS  (who just asked for an absolutely staggering budget)[/quote]

IK,R
so many people in MoCo are stupid about local politics.  A few peeps I've talked to had already forgotten we just had had one increase.  But it's good for local gov to keep the locals stupid.

30 years ago we moved to MoCo as the schools were worth the extra expense, but that is no longer the case.  Our schools are no longer the best in the state. we basically have a few good schools and the rest are no diff than PG Co.  Any extra school budget isn't going to save them as the only new education ideas MCPS has implemented are social justice related and not learn math/reading related. [/quote]

To be fair to MCPS they did just implement a new reading curriculum that seems widely respected and is focused on phonics.

The reality is that that not a lot of money is spent on "social justice". They do receive funding from the federal government and the state for low income, EML and special education students and there is a lot of spending on those groups specifically. That's pretty necessary and also legally required.

The budget problems relate to compensation, which you probably won't admit is a tougher subject politically than social justice. They are proposing that MCPS staff get 6%+ raises (if they are eligible for steps). They have no plans to increase the percentage of healthcare premiums paid for by employees (which is very low right now) or reform the unaffordable pension plans. Compensation (salaries and benefits) is eating up a larger and larger percentage of the budget each year. That is why class sizes go up and teachers lack basic materials like paper unless you massively increase the budget which requires constant tax increases. Is there fat to trim? Sure, but not nearly enough to address the structural budget issues that are by and large related to compensation costs.[/quote]

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