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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The brutal truth, pp, is that this isn't unique to education, either. A significant amount of government spending goes directly and indirectly to labor. Government employees like teachers. Funding for labor-intensive services like health care. Maintaining government services at an equal level requires spending more money than inflation each year.

This is not inherently unsustainable, though. Economic output is increasing overall, too. If wages, overall, increase faster than tax increases, then it's fine indefinitely. Even if the tax rate goes up, if you still have more money due to the economic improvements, it's a net win for you.

Part of the problem is that wages have stagnated, though, with the bulk of those economic improvements going to the wealthy. That's a problem that needs societal improvements and tax changes.
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The county employees don't get the same pay raises and benefits MCPS employees get, especially when you look at salaries of equal jobs and one is a 10 month employee vs. a 12 month employee.

MoCo needs to make spending cuts and choose its priorities. [/quote]

Or choose its priorities and increase taxes.[/quote]

DP, but I think a lot of people in the county would put schools at the top of their priority list for county resources.

And FWIW, I generally agree teacher pay is pretty good at first glance. But the working conditions, time demands, and lack of flexibility are major challenges. In light of those, the pay isn't great. Personally, I think we'd be better off hiring more staff to both improve education and reduce the demands on individual teachers, but that is a more expensive solution than paying teachers a little more to encourage retention.[/quote]

Teachers and MCPS staff are paid better and get better benefits than county employees.  Most people work evenings and weekends and don't have flexibility.  Enough is enough with the lack of accountability and waste and increasing taxes.[/quote]

Yes, teachers have generally have higher pay and better benefits than comparable county positions, adjusted for the 10 month position. But classroom teachers absolutely with longer hours and have significantly less flexibility than those other positions.

I'm generally not one to defend teachers, but the characteristics of the position are awful compared to other professional jobs. At least, until you get into positions that pay far more.[/quote]

Clearly, you have never worked some of those jobs if you are saying teachers work longer hours and harder.  Many of the county jobs are not 9-5.[/quote]

Back on topic.  Has anyone seen the actual FY27 Operating Budget?  It is still not public.  Maybe someone on a secret committee has a copy?  [/quote]

Is there a consequence to MCPS on missing its deadline for making the budget public?[/quote]

What level of granularity is required under that deadline?[/quote]

They actually have until tomorrow. Taylor's slide presentation said: Tue, December 23 FY 2027 Operating Budget Book Posted Online[/quote]

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