tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493203575990240228.post6929495242085102489..comments2023-06-05T01:53:11.509-07:00Comments on School Talk: A Nice Present - but not a Gift Dan Curryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12360333812270965884noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493203575990240228.post-1810867076489784512015-01-06T04:52:47.733-08:002015-01-06T04:52:47.733-08:00Good question with no easy answer. We are compell...Good question with no easy answer. We are compelled to make some reductions for several reasons. 1. The last two budgets relied on some fund balance. That is, we spend more than we take in. We have to stop that. 2. Our enrollment is going down every year. There are 1300 in the senior class and 1000 in kindergarten. 3. Our health care costs have been increasing significantly. 4. Our employees haven't had a raise in awhile. We will focus our planned reductions on equitable staffing for all schools and aim particularly not to increase class sizes at the elementary level. In the end, our high performance is not based upon the number of employees we have but their skill level, their professionalism and the partnership with the families of our children. Dan Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360333812270965884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1493203575990240228.post-85765217421226879562015-01-02T16:17:55.454-08:002015-01-02T16:17:55.454-08:00How do you plan on continuing to achieve such a hi...How do you plan on continuing to achieve such a high standard of achievement in calvert county public schools with cutting so much staff in the coming year?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10667610354032891948noreply@blogger.com