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Well, y'all voted against the meals tax.  You told FCPS what you want from the schools, and you told them that smaller class sizes were not something you wanted.  [/quote]

[quote]According to some, [b]the Meals Tax failed because it appeared that the School system had sufficient funds and wasn't spending wisely.  The evidence of a $34M "surplus" seems to support that view.[/b]   The School Board claimed to not have the money - now it appears that they have the money - so their claim to need to increase class sizes doesn't hold water - so reduce class sizes.  I don't recall anyone saying they didn't want smaller class sizes - the School Board said they would rather use limited funds to pay teachers more instead of decreasing class sizes.  Now it appears they can do both.

by the way - some of us voted for the Meals Tax - about 225,000 voters - so get over your "y'all".  If FCPS shows that it can manage the money it has to get what we want including smaller class sizes, than maybe more voters will consider giving more support in the future.[/quote]

You need to understand the facts before you spout off about FCPS "not spending wisely." Please read from 10:29's post. I've copied it here for you. You'll need a calculator. When you're done, please come back and share how FCPS is not able to "manage the money." Please share how you're able to budget and spent your own finances within 1 percent.  :roll:

[i]The FY2017 budget was $2,665,000,000. At the end of the fiscal year on June 30, there was $33,000,000 left over. That was due to things like energy costs not being what they predicted they might be.

So let's see by what percentage of the total budget did FCPS miss the mark? Type in 33,000,000. Now hit the divide button because you're trying to figure out what part of the entire budget was not spent. Now type in 2,665,000,000.

Multiple that answer by 100. That is the percentage of the budget that FCPS has leftover and will carry forward to future budgets. That is the percentage by which FCPS missed the mark.

For those playing along at home without a calculator, the grand total is a whopping ONE PERCENT.

In layman's terms, that would be the same as if you budgeted $1000 to go on your family vacation, and at the end of the trip, you laid out all your receipts and realized you'd actually underspent by $10. TEN DOLLARS. That is ONE PERCENT of your total vacation budget that was leftover.[/i][/quote]

You are correct, as was PP, but the thread has legs because the neo-Confederates want to suggest that renaming Stuart HS will blow up the budget.  Never mind that the projected cost of renaming Stuart would only be about .02% of the FY2018 budget, and less than that assuming some private donations.

I will happily vote for Karen Keys-Kamarra or any other candidate who seems to grasp math or at least has other supporters who do. [/quote]

You are not grasping math. They cut close to $23 million in general ed teacher positions. They are bring back less than $2 million for those teacher positions.[/quote]

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