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How did the school department wind up with a nearly $5 million deficit? As the article explains, the city underfunded the schools, plain and simple.
All the continued foot-dragging by the city council proves is that they are more concerned with PR than providing the school department with the proper amount of funding, as determined by the state Department of Education.
The city council also hardly has any ground to stand on, if they think they're demanding responsible budgeting out of the school department, since they passed one budget with no tax increase that resulted in a deficit, and then passed a state-capped tax increased that also resulted in a deficit -- totalling some $8 million.
It's time for the council to lead, instead of engaging in these ultimately useless tactics.
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