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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCPS is wastefully run.

MCPS is underfunded.

The two truths are not incompatible.

Conservatives use the first as a bludgeon to try to preserve wealth by lowering associated taxes.  Doing so spirals the second into underperformance that can be used as a further bludgeon, especially when they see the opportunity to encourage vouchers, charters and the like. These further weaken the system while appealing to their special social interests.

Liberals use the second to call for greater funding, but over-focus the operational result on the special populations that form their political base to the detriment of gen pop or even true social equity.  Meanwhile, they ignore the first, willing to accommodate sweetheart contracts with those who are connected.

The electorate has no real say, as the practices of staggered elections, at-large seats and whole-county voting for district seats make the likelihod of  any BOE representation by critical viewpoints vanishingly small.  The BOE, themselves, are only funded part time, reliant entirely on their one employee, the superintendent, who is set up to be an autocrat, for any information to support decisions.[/quote]

I just read in another thread how some parents feel the county should be raising their kids providing for medical care, mental health, nutrition, etc
. I mean that's great. I'm not against it but MCPS is barely able to  hire sufficient teachers and educate kids let alone do all these other things.[/quote]

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