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Do I Ever Miss Living in Maryland?

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Nope.

 

The Montgomery County (MD) Council, citing the unmet needs of a school system facing explosive enrollment growth and a widening academic achievement gap, voted Thursday to raise the average residential property tax bill by 8.7 percent — the largest increase in seven years.

 

The tax hike required a unanimous 9-to-0 vote because it exceeds the charter limit on tax revenue that the county can collect each year. The increased revenue will help underwrite a $5.2 billion operating budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, with about half of the money resulting from the tax increase going to Montgomery County Public Schools.

The intent was to stave off what members saw as a tipping point for the 156,000-student system, which is expected to enroll an additional 10,000 students over the next five years — many of them speaking little to no English. To boost funding for school construction, the council on Wednesday agreed to fund nearly all of the district’s six-year,$1.73 billion capital budget request.

Comments

  1. I don’t get it. Immigration is supposed to be an unqualified economic and social benefit.

    To read this story, one might think that the costs are greater than the benefits and we know that cannot be true.

    I went to grade school in Tulsa and the public schools were, at least, adequate. The local “news”paper (Tulsa World) now exalts in the fact that Hispanic enrollment is now 30 percent (with native population: white, black, native-American* is declining) and climbing despite the fact that the costs of providing a for a student population that doesn’t speak English. Of course, it you were ask the diversity-addled staff of the paper what’s so good about it, their only answer would be that you’re a bigot.

    The Tulsa schools are facing yet another in a long line of budget crises imposed by the demographic shift, loss of tax revenues due to the oil collapse, and white flight. Seems that all that diversity provides a meager tax base.

    Nevertheless, we’re supposed to be happy. The KCMO mayor thrills that 62 languages are spoken in the KCMO school district.

    http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/15/kansas-mayor-boasts-at-la-raza-conference-62-languages-spoken-in-our-school-district/

    I guess the collapse in test scores and loss of English-speaking students to the ‘burbs is another benefit of diversity. Instead of failing to provide the minimal skills to not be a permanent ward of the state isn’t good enough; we now fail in 62 languages.

    An amazing animation showing immigration into the US – invasion is probably a better word.

    http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-05-21/visualizing-200-years-us-immigration

  2. We moved from New York to Montgomery County in 1970. At the time, NY had good public schools. Kids behaved in class, there was discipline, and kids learned the subject matter. I remember how shocked I was at how lax the schools were in MD compared to NY, and I was a 10-year-old kid. Teachers thought nothing of skipping lessons to send us out to play baseball instead. I had nothing against running around in the fresh air, but even at that age I knew it was ultimately not a good thing. School was boring, there were low standards, and chaos ruled the classrooms.

    I do, however, miss one thing about living in Maryland: It’s such a beautiful state! Eye candy left and right, spring through autumn.