Anonymous
12/18/2023 09:14
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.
It's odd that some posters are citing specifics then as if they had the budget in hand.
There have been specifics taken from the Thursday presentation:
https://moco360.media/2023/12/15/superintendent-mcknight-unveils-3-32-billion-mcps-operating-budget/
Anonymous
12/18/2023 09:00
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
That's how a representative democracy works. I mean, we elect the people to act in our best interests.
Anonymous
12/18/2023 08:59
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.
It's odd that some posters are citing specifics then as if they had the budget in hand.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 22:24
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
Hahahahahahahahahahaha
Good one!
Anonymous
12/17/2023 21:30
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.
How do you know? Just because they haven't updated the website yet doesn't mean the document doesn't exist.
Where is it?
Anonymous
12/17/2023 20:04
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.
How do you know? Just because they haven't updated the website yet doesn't mean the document doesn't exist.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 19:02
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
LOL They can not read the budget either. There is no proposed budget.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 18:39
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Who cares? You act as if public input is actually taken into account. It’s not. That’s why we have elected representatives to do this work for us. The BOE and County Council will push back against MCPS where appropriate
Anonymous
12/17/2023 18:21
Subject: Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Well they need a budget draft to have input on what it looks like and have people vote on it eventually? Then they will make changes, like they do every year. It's okay DCUM the boogeymen at MCPS aren't trying to get ya! I think they just wanted to say we're prioritizing X, Y and Z in the budget that we've made so far.
According to the published schedule, the budget was supposed to have been published last Thursday.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 15:21
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
+100
Anonymous
12/17/2023 13:23
Subject: Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Well they need a budget draft to have input on what it looks like and have people vote on it eventually? Then they will make changes, like they do every year. It's okay DCUM the boogeymen at MCPS aren't trying to get ya! I think they just wanted to say we're prioritizing X, Y and Z in the budget that we've made so far.
Then why did McKnight say she was recommending a budget if she hadn’t even written one?
Her press event. Her words.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 12:23
Subject: Operating Budget
Well they need a budget draft to have input on what it looks like and have people vote on it eventually? Then they will make changes, like they do every year. It's okay DCUM the boogeymen at MCPS aren't trying to get ya! I think they just wanted to say we're prioritizing X, Y and Z in the budget that we've made so far.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 11:49
Subject: Re:Operating Budget
Really poor form to have a big budget rollout without releasing the actual budget. The budget is clearly finished because the superintendent made a lot of specific claims about it. For all the money they’re spending on strategic comms, this is a silly self-inflicted wound.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 11:17
Subject: Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's December, there are lots of phases left for this budget, I'm sure we will get more details before next school year.
LOL The public is supposed to have input before the budget is voted on. No budget, no input.
There are public hearings on the operating budget on January 18th and 25th.
Anonymous
12/17/2023 11:12
Subject: Operating Budget
Anonymous wrote:It's December, there are lots of phases left for this budget, I'm sure we will get more details before next school year.
LOL The public is supposed to have input before the budget is voted on. No budget, no input.