Where Will Education Cuts Come From?

October 23, 2009 by Cato  
Filed under Education, Maryland, Maryland Politics

There is no joy seeing Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley finally admit that the state’s level of education spending is unsustainable.  If O’Malley had confessed that simply throwing money is not the solution to any problem there would be some cause for applause; unfortunately, this is a lesson that O’Malley is unlikely to learn.

There is no question that pain will be felt at boards of education around the once Free State.  The question will be – WHO feels the the pain?

Will bureaucracy take the hit before classroom instruction?  Doubtful.  If you live in a county like Wicomico you will be TOLD that this is the case.  Of course, you are already being told that all taxpayer monies are well spent.  As you will see next week, the WCBOE doesn’t have a very good record when it comes to truthfulness.  This is particularly so when money is being discussed.

Parents (and taxpayers in general) need to contact their ELECTED representatives and start demanding that tax dollars need to be going to EDUCATE CHILDREN, not FEED THE BUREAUCRACY.  Appointed boards seem to believe that they serve employee unions rather than taxpayers and the children they are charged with educating.  The only hope for citizens seeing that their tax dollars are well spent is from their county council members or commissioners.