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[quote=Anonymous]There have been a couple of posts on this thread which imply or even state that "wealthier" areas get more funding.  I do not believe this is true.
Here is a list of funding per student in different counties in Maryland
https://conduitstreet.mdcounties.org/2016/04/26/chart-shows-marylands-school-funding-per-student/

As you can see PGC and Baltimore City get more per student than Montgomery County.

If you are talking about schools in some parts of Montgomery County getting more than schools in other parts of Mont. County, again I do not believe this is the case
You can look at this report which shows that high FARMS schools receive more funding per student than low FARMs schools.
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OLO/Resources/Files/2015_Reports/OLOReport2015-15ResourcesAndStaffingAmongMCPSSchools.pdf
Lots of charts and data in this report.  Let me highlight two numbers:
Staffing Cost per student in New Hampshire Estates Elementary (high Farms) is $10,822
Staffing cost per student in Wayside Elementary (low Farms) $5778
For what its worth, I do believe that the high FARMs schools need more funding than low FARMs schools.  I am simply pointing out that this is already happening.

MCPS is likely to continue cutting budgets and this will make these kinds of debates more acrimonious as it starts to feel more like a "zero sum" situation with more funding for one group (including vouchers for private school students) coming at the expense of other groups.
Finally, I want to address some of the posts regarding the costs incurred to educate certain groups of students.
According to the above document:
Program costs for Headstart/Preschool is $17 million of which the state and federal govt picks up just $4 million
Program costs for FARMs  $91 million of which the state and federal govt gave them $151 million and MCPS put the surplus funds into their general operating budget!
Program costs for ESOL is $64 million of which the state and federal govt picks up $59 million
Program costs for Special Ed/ Disabilities is $376.5 of which the state and federal govt only picks up $81 million leaving the county to fund nearly $300 million
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