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Monday, March 12, 2012

MCPS $18.8 MILLION SURPLUS! Board goes to lunch!

MCPS Board of Education Handbook
No wonder the Board of Education is taking off tomorrow afternoon and going to LUNCH!  Instead of having the usual full day Board of Education meeting on March 13, 2012, the Board will be taking off the afternoon to "lunch". 


Why not when the school system has a $18.8 MILLION SURPLUS!


Odds are the LUNCH will be paid for by taxpayers. Probably charged on a MCPS American Express card.  Catered or dine in at a restaurant? Appetizers? Wine with the meal? Dessert?


It must be nice to be able to take off the afternoon and "lunch" rather than deal with public school business. 

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8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2012 at 1:27 PM

    Title is misleading! There's actually at least $31.1M surplus!

    Reading the memo carefully:

    $19.2M FY2012 'projected surplus' + $11.9M FY2011 'unused surplus' (why is that?!) =

    $31.1M unappropriated funds available for MCPS FY13 operating budget!

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    1. Janis SartucciMarch 12, 2012 at 1:49 PM

      Thanks! We will be doing more on the MCPS surpluses!

      The title was just what the Board was going to spend on lunch...

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  2. GaryMarch 14, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    How much do we pay BOE members? I couldn't find this anywhere readily.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    A whopping $18,500 per year. They're truly public servants to get so little for putting up with so much.

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  4. Janis SartucciMarch 14, 2012 at 8:39 PM

    That's not a salary, it's a stipend for expenses. The position of Board of Education in Montgomery County is an elected position. No one is forced into this office, as far as we know!
    The office actually comes with specific requirements of what the position entails. One of the jobs of the Board of Education is to determine the BUDGET. And they don't even do that.

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  5. Lyda AstroveMarch 14, 2012 at 9:37 PM

    I think the BOE members are also able to sign on to the primo health care plan. That's a benefit worth a whole lot of money.

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  6. AnonymousMarch 15, 2012 at 11:12 PM

    The BoE's website says that Maryland law says that the BoE's job is to ADOPT Budgets. Why do you think they don't do that, Janis? I'm honestly curious if you think the BoE's shirking their legal responsibiliy regarding the budget.

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  7. Janis SartucciMarch 16, 2012 at 8:03 AM

    The BOE "website" says what the Board wants it to say and is not a legal source.

    Maryland law actually says the Board will PREPARE the budget. Yes, not preparing the budget is not doing their job.

    (a) Preparation of annual budget. --

    (1) Subject to the rules and regulations of the State Board and with the advice of the county superintendent, each county board shall prepare an annual budget

    from
    EDUCATION
    DIVISION II. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
    TITLE 5. FINANCING
    SUBTITLE 1. BUDGET AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

    Md. EDUCATION Code Ann. § 5-101 (2012)

    § 5-101. Annual school budget

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