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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm surprised that given we have so many teachers on this forum and that MCPS has implemented a spending freeze because of this deficit, that more teachers aren't concerned by this news.[/quote]

Someone needs to do a serious line by line audit of both MCPS and the county and cut out all the wasteful spending.  They get plenty of money and need to manage it better.  Enough is enough.[/quote]

I would focus on healthcare benefits- obscene, Cadillac healthcare[/quote]

This is a double-edged sword, though. For a number of teachers, the good health benefits at low cost are the ONLY thing keeping people in their jobs, not wanting to lose it for themselves and their families by leaving. If that goes away, I promise you the staffing crisis will get worse. The conditions and pay are already driving people out, or at least failing to retain them; wrecking the benefits will accelerate that. The staff that are staying to keep those will feel free to bail. I'm a recent cancer survivor (at the grand old age of 36) and feel handcuffed to my job by my health insurance. If that changes, suddenly it doesn't seem so daunting to look at what other positions might make me happier with my life. [/quote]

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