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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][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gotta get the poors their own district.[/quote]
It's  not about that.  It's about how local needs are different. Poolesville has different weather patterns than Silver Spring.  They probably need way more school closures than we do in the southern part of the county.

Most of the covid cases are also in the east side of the county. North county is green. They should be able to open at least hybrid, but they can't because we are one school district.[/quote]

Yep get the poors with their wage-working Covid-carrying parents outta my school district [/quote]
You can look at it that way, or you could look at it as a way for the poorer areas to be able to address their needs more easily. They would not have to wait in line to get the hvac fixed along with a whole lot of other schools.

Taxes go to the county. The county could provide more funds to the certain districts, much like Title 1 funding.

Our cluster has about 25% FARMS rate, with at least one Title 1 school,  so it's not like we have no FARMs kids[/quote]

You do know it doesn't really work that way in practice though, right? There's plenty of areas in the country where school districts are by city, so there are lots of examples to look at.[/quote]
Most of those cities allocate property tax by the city. I'm stating that the budget would be provided at the county level.

Lower income areas could get more funding, again like Title 1 funding.  Right now, the budget is for the entire school district which means that poorer areas still have to wait in line to get their needs met.[/quote]

That's partially true, though most of those areas still use state-level funding to even out some of the inequalities.

And assuming funding is still some through the county (and state), it doesn't really address the example you provided of HVAC systems. Capital improvements would still be allocated differently in the budget, meaning you'd still have a problem of the loudest parents getting the most money.[/quote]
? budget would include CIP.  This would be for the entire budget.  Separate districts can prioritize based on their own needs.

I keep reading on here how Silver Spring/TP parents on the loudest, so based on what you wrote, they'd get more funding. win/win.[/quote]

How does the county decide when and where to build new high schools? Particularly if other schools in the county are underutilized?[/quote]
Like we do  now.. based on population size.  If the schools are under utilized they would lose funding.  It should follow the population size.

I'm originally from out west.  School budget for each school district is determined by the state/county, and there can be multiple school districts in the county.

You can also have reciprocal agreements with the neighboring district when schools in one district get overcrowded.

This is not a novel idea. It can be done.[/quote]

I don’t know if you’ve figure this out yet but MOCO isn’t filled with big thinkers. Every solution has a problem in this county, and a separate tax.[/quote]

Figured[/quote]

So true, it’s scary.[/quote]

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