The importance of working together for Carroll County schools; General Assembly will not hurt journalism | READER COMMENTARIES

I am writing to bring attention to a matter of utmost importance to Carroll County, the funding of our local school budget. Carroll County has been slowly starving its schools of the funding needed to best support students and communities, and implement the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. However, the blame does NOT lie with our current Board of County Commissioners. As Superintendent Cynthia McCabe has said at numerous town hall meetings, surrounding counties are better equipped to handle the national educator shortage because they retained the additional staff they needed to stay nimble.