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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like former BOE member Jeanette Dixon thinks Taylor is asking for too much with his budget:

[twitter]https://x.com/dixon_jeanette/status/1870681421125132357[/twitter]

It's interesting that she uses her status as a former board member to sway current board decisions.[/quote]

What did Jeanette Dixon do to limit wasteful spending when she was on the board? Don’t criticize it now. [/quote]

And this is why we can’t get anything done because folks are focus on what Jeanette Dixon did or didn’t do in the past.  Her point now is valid.  Everyone of common sense knows that MCPS needs a big budget ask to get things right, just as they know that most other Supers have never been able to make such a big ask.  Also it’s well known that this is supposed to be another fiscally difficult year.

Further there are some things listed here while nice are unrealistic. 688 Special Ed positions while secondary teachers continue to suffer with classroom sizes well above 30. And no mention of the type of Special Ed positions. Program and program location study as discretionary though it’s been stated repeatedly will be done alongside the boundary study.  In fact Taylor said doing it in house was more effective and less costly than letting the hired boundary study contractor do it. And do all the BOE’s priorities, I heard no actual mention of how this budget helps to address them (sure I can make some inferences and assumptions but I shouldn’t have to).

Meanwhile we want folks to waste time, energy and likely dollars trying to turn the Transition half-day into a whole day.  Like who the hell cares.

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You can't possibly be questioning the need for those special education positions. They're absolutely needed. And MCPS should be paying those positions more so that they can fill them.[/quote]

It’s a nice idea but mcps cannot afford them in less they cut other things.  [/quote]

If they don't, they're going to start facing legal challenges that will be even more expensive.

Some of those positions would replace private contractors, which get paid more than MCPS staff.[/quote]

They already have legal challenges and yes, our kids deserve all the help they can get but MCPS needs to go line by line and cut out the waste to fund these things.  It needs to get their priorities straight.  [/quote]

Supposedly that’s just what they did.  They did a zero based budget.  As someone already indicate a huge portion of the budget is salary and compensation.[/quote]

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