Fighting for Thornton
Education advocates in the city are rallying the troops to go to Annapolis on Monday, the first day of the special legislative session, to fight potential cuts to Thornton funding. The cuts would help offset the state deficit.
If Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposal stands and schools do not receive a funding increase to account for inflation, Baltimore would take a hit of $29 million and the state would lose $207 million next school year, according to information on fliers being distributed by the ACLU of Maryland.
The fliers tell us what $29 million means to the city schools: the equivalent of $350.83 per student or 10 months of school transportation costs or 500 teachers' salaries.
The advocates are arranging to have buses drive as many people as they can gather down to Annapolis on Monday night, leaving from school system headquarters. Should be an interesting fight, pitting O'Malley again people who were among his core supporters when he ran for governor.
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Comments
For the umpteenth time, a smaller increase than planned is NOT a 'cut'; Receiving the same level of funding as the previous year is NOT a 'cut'.
Teachers begging for more tax money is a dog bites man story anyway. A more interesting story would be asking why O'Malley wants to fund the Geographic Cost of Education Index, which benefits a few counties, instead of the inflation funding which would benefit all counties.
Posted by: Marc Nelson Jr. | October 25, 2007 12:00 PM
more than $350.83 per student is lost in north avenue in any given year. state support is up in baltimore.
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