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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The school will not happen because the district is broke.  You can blame whomever you want.  Giving the teachers the majority of the raise they requested was a bad move.  Schools are strapped for cash and are already cutting positions and cramming students.  Home values will not continue to rise and tax dollars will suffer.  These little meal taxes and grocery taxes will not amount to much.  We have a school board that is unqualified and unable to see the big picture because they are too focused on special interests.  [/quote]

Teacher salaries are funded out of the operating budget.  The construction of new schools and the renovation of existing schools is funded out of the capital budget, and paid for separately through bonds.

It's been decades since a school bond was voted down.  In general, county residents support the schools and the bonds always cover a list of projects.  So even if there is a total stinker in there like Frisch's unnecessary Dunn Loring ES, people vote for school bonds because they want other schools renovated.  Our School Board member has told people she knows Dunn Loring is a big waste of money but she didn't want to object because she didn't want to delay other school renovations in our magisterial district.

Frisch capitalized on this to push ahead with this wasteful project.  Most of the people in the Marshall pyramid who know about it don't want all the boundary changes at Shrevewood, Stenwood, Freedom Hill, Westbriar, and maybe even some schools in the Madison pyramid (Vienna and Cunningham Park) that will happen if this school is built.

Their most recent CIP commits to spending over $28 million (out of a total $86 million) on Dunn Loring during FCPS's 2025-26 fiscal year.  If they tear down the current, historic building and begin construction over the next 12 months, there will be no turning back.  If they delay, it will demonstrate there's no need for this school, and the School Board should step up to the plate, kill the DLES project, and find a better use for the bond proceeds. [/quote]

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