Sue Katz Miller: Seven Resolutions

Sue Katz Miller's article from one year ago is important reading TODAY! Her seven suggested resolutions should be required reading for our current (and future) Board of Education! Read the whole article HERE.

School Scene: Better Schools, in a Bad Budget
By blogpop on January 13, 2010 4:07 PM
Seven Resolutions for the New Decade

by Sue Katz Miller

The end of a decade provides a crucial opportunity to "stop and think," in the immortal words of one school anti-bullying program. Every year at this time, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Jerry Weast asks for half of the county budget for our schools. This year, huge shortfalls are predicted in the wake of the recession, and Weast has, as he does each year, threatened painful cuts designed to stimulate parent demands for full funding of his proposed schools budget.

But some of us have lost patience with what appears to be emotional manipulation in order to fund a budget heavy on central office expenses. In addition to the new decade, we have substantive reasons to step back now and take a look at where our schools are heading.

Read the whole article HERE.

(p.s. This year Jerry Weast is asking for 62.3% of the county budget!)