"no or minimal impacts" to classrooms, said Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3)
Gazette: Montgomery schools see county funding request slashed by $127 million
...The council is considering a recommendation from its Education Committee to provide $1.37 billion in funding to Montgomery County Public Schools for fiscal 2012. Included is a cut of $18.7 million to the school system's planned funding of $553 million for employee benefits in fiscal 2012...
...The council is considering a recommendation from its Education Committee to provide $1.37 billion in funding to Montgomery County Public Schools for fiscal 2012. Included is a cut of $18.7 million to the school system's planned funding of $553 million for employee benefits in fiscal 2012...
...But the idea behind the council's cuts was to get savings from employee benefits while having "no or minimal impacts" to classrooms, said Councilman Philip M. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg, a member of the Education Committee...
This is not accurate at all. We will have classes of 30 students next year. One of those will be a combination class of two different grade levels. Our art, general music, instrumental music, and PE programs have been cut back. If you don't think these cuts will affect the classrooms, you're not playing with a full deck, and you're misleading your constituents.
ReplyDeleteThat's the choice of the Union representatives who sit at the secret budget table. The MCPS budget is getting an increase, the choice is being made by the Unions to preserve the perks for administrators and cut classes.
ReplyDeleteYour choice. Wouldn't be mine.