Administrators Party while Students Pay

MCPS has put out pictures to show that 15 MCPS employees and BOE members attended an awards ceremony in D.C. this week.  The award was actually given to MCPS in 2010, but they were showing up at this year's ceremony too!

The picture on the MCPS Twitter feed shows 15 MCPS people at the event.  There could be more, we don't know.  


What we do know is that to just attend the dinner this evening was $150 per person . $150 x 15 = $2,250)  


If the people in the picture also are attending the 3 day conference their fees  could total around $15,000.  (Let's hope no one was staying at the hotel overnight, but that is not an impossibility.)

This is how the Board of Education chooses to spend your tax dollars.  

Meanwhile, parents of students in the MCPS Learning for Independence program report that they are told to send in money (cash) to their children's classes to pay for curriculum related activities.  (In Maryland, if it is curriculum related a school system cannot charge a fee.)

Next time a MCPS administrator tells you that MCPS can't afford something for your child's education, remind them that it's a choice and that the BOE has chosen perks, award ceremonies, and dinners over classrooms and the needs of children.