Sadly, no new money for school bus engine warmers.

http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.cfm?newsid=2668

"Last year, budget reductions totaled $97.8 million which included the elimination of 723 positions, but zero layoffs due to sound management and planning."

"We are required to educate these children regardless of whether they are in this country legally.

Awesome. Just awesome.

Same as last year. Missing:

Terminate and recompete all consulting contracts.

Properly fund an auditor's office at the School Board level.

The Gatehouse Ghost Wrote:
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> Sadly, no new money for school bus engine
> warmers.
>
> http://commweb.fcps.edu/newsreleases/newsrelease.c
> fm?newsid=2668


Fool, all FCPS buses come from the factory equipped with block heaters. The problem is less than half the buses are parked where there is an electrical outlet to plug them in.

Wonder if anybody wishes they hadn't been dropping wads of money at fancy restaurants, staying at expensive local hotels for meetings, etc. There was a lot that could have been done with all that $. Oh well.

Take some money away from the fat cat paté wastrels instead of from the working man struggling to make ends meet!

Rear view mirror Wrote:
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> Wonder if anybody wishes they hadn't been dropping
> wads of money at fancy restaurants, staying at
> expensive local hotels for meetings, etc. There
> was a lot that could have been done with all that
> $. Oh well.

Look who can't keep up the pace again. Must be from Falls Church...
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Back Again Wrote:
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> Same as last year. Missing:
>
> Terminate and recompete all consulting contracts.
>
> Properly fund an auditor's office at the School
> Board level.


There will never be a school auditor, that way they can just ask for more money every year without any scrutiny or oversight.

Merrifielder Wrote:
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> Rear view mirror Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Wonder if anybody wishes they hadn't been
> dropping
> > wads of money at fancy restaurants, staying at
> > expensive local hotels for meetings, etc. There
> > was a lot that could have been done with all
> that
> > $. Oh well.
>
> Look who can't keep up the pace again. Must be
> from Falls Church...
> .

Huh? The staff were blowing tens of thousands of dollars on glitzy restaurants, meetings and overnight stays at local luxury hotels, catered meals and flowers for hundreds, etc. Per school. I don't want to hear about not having enough money for the kids.

Were the school board raises still in there? I haven't actually had time to read it. I've been busy on Twitter.

There will be a dinner meeting at Maggiano's/Tyson's for all administrators 1/12/15 at 6pm to discuss the budget. Use of the county credit cards is authorized.