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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Critical staffing is temporary part-time and extremely difficult to fill. There are no benefits and no job security. There also is no paid leave. The jobs are hard and at the lowest end of the pay scale.  [/quote]

Honestly, that just makes MCPS look even worse here.

The problem isn't the kids-- it's the school district.[/quote]

DP.  Then we need to pay more taxes to fund higher pay for those positions.[/quote]

Yes. And/or cut from elsewhere in the budget. It's a &gt;$3 billion budget. We can pay for health insurance for paras.[/quote]

Health insurance claim cost rose 13% this year creating an even further deficit in the employee benefit plan to the tune of $40M projected deficit.  It’s a $3Billion budget that covers 25K employees and services to school and kids.

There are going to be cuts, changes to insurance(at the next contract) and likely project delays.

Go watch the budget meetings.[/quote]

The whole issue of the health insurance deficit is very interesting. The reasons they gave (inflation, weight loss drugs) are not unique to MCPS. While cost increases in premiums are always common, multi million dollar deficits are not. What happened here? And who will pay for it? Right now it seems like students are paying through the budget freeze. Will they raise premiums on next year's teachers to pay for this year's claims? Will they cut services for students to pay for this year's claims?[/quote]

Interesting. So MCPS has self-funded plans, as opposed to simply paying premiums to the insurance companies and having them take on the risk?

I would think the reserve requirements for self-funded programs would prevent a true deficit. At least, without horrible mismanagement.[/quote]

Yes, like many government institutions, MCPS is self insured. And yes, [b]this whole situation points to horrific mismanagement.[/b][/quote]

Sounds like something someone should file a complaint to the OIG about.[/quote]

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