Keep in mind that the MCPS Operating Budget is prepared by a secret committee that includes representatives from the teachers' union. The music teachers were going to the people that represent them on the secret MCPS Operating Budget Committee - their union representatives.As a MCPS music teacher who has tried to bring our concerns to MCPS/union leadership, the response is usually "your constituency (i.e. the number of MCPS music teachers) is too small for us to worry about your concerns." ...
And, their union representatives declined to advocate for them.
Wouldn't it be better then for front-line classroom teachers if the MCPS Operating Budget were prepared at the PUBLIC Board of Education table, as it should be under Maryland education law?
If the MCPS Operating Budget was prepared at the public Board of Education table classroom teachers and parents could advocate together for classroom and curriculum needs. And, when the budget was finalized everyone would know what was being funded and what the trade-offs were in the final budget.
If the MCPS Operating Budget was prepared at the public Board of Education table classroom teachers and parents could advocate together for classroom and curriculum needs. And, when the budget was finalized everyone would know what was being funded and what the trade-offs were in the final budget.
This story is related to the story on the booster clubs, which also subsidize the music program at schools.
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