Today at the Montgomery County Council the KID Museum in Bethesda will be asking for over $5 million from Montgomery County's budget. The packet for today's meeting is shown below. Former superintendent Joshua Starr's wife is the spokesperson for the museum. Here is what she had to say about the request.
...But the nonprofit has outgrown the space, KID Museum spokeswoman Emma Starr said. The museum is currently serving 55,000 people each year at the library, but would like to increase that total to 250,000, she said.
“Right now, we are excited about the proposed partnership,” Starr said, adding the county and Montgomery County Public Schools are supportive of the museum’s mission. “We like to say that we have a shared vision of what’s important in innovation, education and diversity. We share this vision of bringing impactful learning experiences to kids.”
http://www.bethesdamagazine.com/Bethesda-Beat/2018/County-City-of-Rockville-Mull-Plan-To-Buy-Office-Building-as-New-Home-for-KID-Museum/
Fortunately, Montgomery County is flush with cash and our public schools are not in need of any funding. We can spend money on a museum (is it a museum?). Too bad there aren't any free (actual) museums in D.C. for public school students to visit.
