We are about to go through the budget process for next year. There will be meetings, discussions and even media coverage about plans, hopes and dreams about where we want education to go next year, This all fine and appropriate.
Upon closer examination a budget is not really much more than a wish list, more akin to sitting on Santa's lap and reciting our desires than what actually appears under the tree on Christmas morning. Now is last year's Christmas's morning for last year's budget. Let's see what we got.
After all Uncle Sam gave us 4.5 million or so dollars to buy some new educational toys and Uncle Deval chipped in another 4 million. All of this was AFTER we gave our wish list to the LSC. Let's see what we got. How can we know what we want or need if we don't know what we got?
Not only would I like to see next year's budget on-line but I would also like to see last year's balance sheet on-line as well. How can this present any problems? SHOW ME THE MONEY!
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