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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Poll: At What Level Should Carroll County Fund Education in FY14?

Patch highlights the arguments for and against different funding levels. Weigh in on our poll or in comments to let us know how you want to see education funded.

Funding education has been an explosive topic in Carroll County for the past several months, heating up the past few weeks as education forums and town halls have been held all over town by both the Board of Education and the Board of County Commissioners.  Carroll County Public School Superintendent Stephen Guthrie presented his proposed FY14 budget in December and the Board of Education recently adopted the budget.  In FY13, the county funded the school system at $164.9 million. The Board of Education is requesting $166.6 million from the county for FY14, a $1.7 million, or approximately one percent increase over FY13. During last year's budgeting session, the commissioners allotted $164 million for school funding in FY14.  Then, there …

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School Superintendent Says Proposed Budget 'By No Means Represents What We Really Need', Commissioner Howard Not Optimistic About Funding Adopted Education Budget, Citizens Demand Full Funding of Education Budget at Commissioner's Forum, and 5 more ›

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Voice of Reason

6:14 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013

Well Danny Boy you are just a fool about getting people out of Dodge aren't ya cowpoke?? Maybe you should hitch up your training pants and get out..............   more ›

Thursday, January 10, 2013

School Superintendent Says Proposed Budget 'By No Means Represents What We Really Need'

The proposed FY14 school budget includes an additional $1.7 million from county government.

At Wednesday's regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting, School Superintendent Stephen Guthrie presented his proposed FY14 budget, which includes cutting 20.5 custodial positions and asking the county commissioners for a one percent funding increase. Guthrie said that the costs for state and federal mandates coupled with inflation make it difficult to balance the budget when revenues are not also increasing. "This is not what I think we need," Guthrie said. "This is what we are lacking ... these are the mandates that we are not addressing." The proposed budget includes $2.6 million in spending reductions. Guthrie's proposed FY14 operating budget totals $330,214,129. According to Guthrie, inflationary expenses that include employee …

JoAnn Nicholls

9:57 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

they way I view this video on Common Core, local participation in the curriculum will not at all be possible. This intrusion of federal bureaucracy is terribly disturbing.   more ›

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