A Different Perspective on the School Board Budget

Most likely, you've noticed that the local media has lately been taking much greater interest in the county budget discussions. Recently, the Daily Progress covered the school budget debate. Given relatively small enrollment growth, why is spending increasing so dramatically every single year?

Although there are certain clear reasons for why spending may need to increase above the current baseline (fuel prices, unfunded mandates, etc), a key question is- can our schools operate more efficiently so that the baseline could potentially be lowered?

This is not new ground. To see a wide array of options regarding how our schools could operate more efficiently, check out the Resource Utilization Study, recently completed on behalf of the School Board. After reading through it, you'll likely come to the conclusion that instead of automatically building cost increases on top of current spending, maybe we should be taking a closer look at how we're already spending existing funds.