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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I saw a post on AEM that we should all go to the county board meeting and ask the county for even more money. This is insane to me.  APS needs to live within its means.  Make the hard choices, have the tough conversations and move on.  Not one more penny from the county until the Syphax bloat is cut.[/quote]

I think there's room on both sides. I don't think simply raising taxes every year is the solution at all, and many people can't continue affording the increased tax payments every year (which rise even when the rate does not because assessed values rise each year). As others have been pointing out, our cost per pupil is calculated differently and is higher than other jurisdictions because APS' budget is responsible for the capital improvement stuff. If people think APS overspends on its fancy new buildings, let the County do it. They'll need to work closely with APS staff who know what educational facilities require and sync budgets, though; and we already know they don't seem able to coordinate well.

I think it's silly for APS to have to "rent" parking space from the County during the Career Center construction, for example. That comes out of APS' budget; but it's literally handing money back and forth between the two boards. The maintenance and landscaping pieces of the agreement are similarly stupid. The County's paying for it now, why can't they just keep paying for it while the schools use it?

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