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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are they talking about eliminating local level IV also? How does that even save money?

I have a child who is thriving at a center and I find this all really maddening.  So after switching schools once he would suddenly get sent back to his base school?

I actually think it makes sense to eliminate centers where you have robust local level IV programs, but I think it should be phased in so kids don't have to switch schools.

And, really, I wish the County would raise property taxes - when one of the wealthiest counties in the country is talking about cutting school counselor sand high school athletics, etc...something is fundamentally wrong.  Why would anyone buy a home in a county with a stripped down school system?[/quote]

Isn't the issue less about a shortfall and more about needing to spend a great deal more money than fcps has on programs that do not attract high paying taxpayers into the district? Until they get thosenissie figured out we are still going to have problems with the budget.[/quote]

I think that's true - this problem is only going to keep getting worse, presumably needing to cut more and more "fat" and/or raise taxes.  My understanding is the issue is the influx of residents to the County, many of whom do not pay property taxes.

I admit I haven't been following all of this budget stuff very intently over the past few years.  It's never clear to me what is a real crisis and what is a manufactured crisis to put pressure on the Board of Supervisors, etc...

BUT, why on earth with this crisis looming did the County (Karen Garza?) decide to get rid of the early dismissal Mondays (which was costly) and change HS start times (also costly)?  This all seems incredibly short-sighted.  Both of those were good ideas (maybe), but it seems like it makes a lot more sense not to spend millions on "new" programs/situations rather than cutting established programs, music, gifted programs, athletics, raising class sizes, etc...

What am I missing here? This seems so obvious it seems like it can't possibly be true, or are the School Board and the Superintendent making terrible decisions?

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Further, it's not as if we are in a severe economic downturn in Fairfax County that we could hope to come back out of...the economy is pretty strong, right?  So, if the budget crisis is being driven by the demands of increasing population requiring expensive services (and I don't know that I see that changing) what on earth is going to stop these budgetary problems from increasing, year after year...? There's only so much you can cut...[/quote]

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