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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tonight, Dr. Taylor will release his 2027 operating budget recommendations:

[twitter]https://x.com/MCPS/status/2000940282666209648[/twitter]

This is going to drive the rest of the conversation for the school system between now and the June, so you'll want to tune in, pay attention and take lots of notes.

I predict gimmicky props and cringey dad jokes from Taylor. But given the budget shortfalls at the state and county levels, I also expect some pretty sobering statements and decisions as well as we simply don't have the money to fix all that is broken with MCPS. At least not all at once and in the face of declining enrollments and stagnant growth in the county.[/quote]

Let's be clear: we- the county and state- do have the money if we would prioritize and fund schools appropriately, as has been done in the past. There just isn't public support or political will to do the necessary tax increases or other-spending decreases to do so.
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We have a $1.5 billion shortfall at the state level. What kind of pocket change can be found in the couch cushions to close that kind of gap?

At the county level: We JUST raised taxes in 2023 https://dcist.com/story/23/05/25/md-montgomery-county-council-property-taxes-hike/

You think there's more appetite or willingness to raise property taxes AGAIN in the face of our county being decimated by DOGE and all of the chaos at the White House?

And even if we could muster that political will up, WHY should anyone feel good about pouring more money into MCPS with all of its systemic failures and incompetence?

MCPS has been a problem that seemingly no amount of money can fix.[/quote]

How convenient for you that your parents and grandparents didn't hold the same view when you went to school.

People seem to forget inflation also applies to the costs incurred by public services- especially public services driven by labor costs. MCPS funding has gone up nominally, but inflation-adjusted per-student funding has gone down, with this past year being the exception to this trend.[/quote]

[b]Inflation adjusted [/b] per student funding is well over levels from two decades ago. It is about even with funding at the height of the housing bubble.[/quote]

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