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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most concerning, the Autism Unit has been reduced by roughly half. Two positions were eliminated, and five psychologists with autism-specific assessment expertise were reassigned to general caseloads, dispersing specialized knowledge that has long supported schools and IEP teams. At its peak, the Autism Unit included 21 full-time specialists serving 73 schools. The unit’s longtime supervisor, Kristin Ericson, is also departing after 43 years at MCPS, representing a major loss of expertise and institutional knowledge.

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Is it good news or bad news?

My sis lived in a town that won award for best public school system in USA for this. It attracted parents from all over who moved to town for the services in school. My sister had to move as her 2,000 sf house on a 70x100 plot shot up to $24,000 a year property taxes mainly school taxes. Eventually they had to cut services  as a house lites say on a 100x120 plot that was 5,000 sf got up to $48,000 in a year in property tax. Someone has to pay.    [/quote]

Mcps has the money, it’s being mismanaged.  [/quote]

That's a cop-out when Montgomery County has failed to increase funding in accordance with historical norms. Whether you're talking about a family budget, a corporation, or a school system, you're always going to be able to find examples of money not going to the most productive uses. Doing better at managing spending and priorities should always be a priority, but it is unreasonable to expect that to make up for years of underfunding.[/quote]

Wasting $168M is not a cop out. [/quote]

Call it what you will, but not doing that contract wouldn't have meaningfully changed the programmatic or budget problems we face today. So it is ridiculous to point to electric buses as justification for hurting kids now.[/quote]

LOL LOL LOL. ARE YOU INSANE?  When the MCPS Operating Budget is short funds, it is short because they don’t have enough money to fund things.  If money has been wasted on something, that is less money for classrooms.  Wasting $168M on a failed contract has a huge impact on classrooms.

Please explain how the Board of Education can waste $168M and not have that loss of funding impact schools.  Is this MCPS math? [/quote]

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