Reply to 5/12 County Council Meeting -- Gutting MCPS Budget Request to the Tune of $180M

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHTi2ZRwLg[/youtube]

Chaos at the Council today as they waited 40 minutes into their Budget Work Session to announce that the Work Session was delayed until tomorrow as there are more discussions to be had. The room revolted and they silenced the audio as the crowd booed.

Montgomery County government needs a reset.[/quote]

How many of those people screaming live in Montgomery County?[/quote]

Considering it's most MCEA and SEIU folks, a good portion of them definitely don't live in the county, since we know a lot of the MCPS workforce can't afford to live in the county.[/quote]

there is no data on this[/quote]

Yes, there is: https://parentscoalitionmc.blogspot.com/2023/05/county-report-reveals-that-highest-paid.html

[QUOTE]The statistics for FY2023 highlight this stark disparity, with a mere 58.6% of highly compensated administrators and principals choosing to make Montgomery County their home, in contrast to a significantly higher proportion of 81.6% among relatively low paid clerical workers, janitors, teachers' aides, and blue-collar employees.[/QUOTE]
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So the higher paid employees are less likely to live in MoCo, while the vast majority of lower paid employees do live in MoCo[/quote]

I bet transportation plays a significant role. If you have to take public transit often because you can't afford a car, or it broke down, or you only have one car and someone else in the household needs it, you have to live in the county, because good luck trying to commute from Frederick or Howard or Baltimore to get here at 6:30am. So you live in a crummy MoCo apartment or share a house with 2-3 other families. Meanwhile the employees that have 2 cars and can afford a $450,000 house but not a $600,000 house move to Frederick or Carroll County. [/quote]

It is hilarious you think principals don't get paid enough to live in MoCo. They may not want to live here but they make much, much more than most residents.[/quote]

+1. Our principal makes what my husband and I make combined. If he doesn't live here, it's not because he can't afford it.[/quote]

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