Budget planning for FY 2016 kicks into gear this week as Cecil County Executive Tari Moore hosts a town hall meeting on the topic Tuesday night. The anti-CCPS rhetoric is building from those who are against the adequate funding of public education in Cecil County but I’d rather talk about facts:

• Cecil County Public Schools continues to be the second largest employer in Cecil County; with 2,038 employees, it represents 3.98% of the county’s total employment.
• This is despite the fact that CCPS reduced its workforce from 2,132 in 2005 to 2,038 in 2014. That’s 94 positions. CCPS is the only employer in the top 5 who saw a staff reduction during that period.
• Nearly 16,000 students are enrolled in the county’s public schools–15,824 students to be exact. Yes, that’s down 4.3% from the 16,535 students enrolled in 2005; however, that reduction hasn’t happened in any way that would allow for the closing of a school.
• The Maryland Department of Planning projects Cecil County to be one of the fastest growing counties in the state over the next 30 years and CCPS enrollment is expected to increase 1.0-1.5% annually over the next decade.

If full funding of our public schools is important to you, please contact the County Executive and members of the County Council today.

County Executive	Tari Moore	[email protected]
County Council	Alan McCarthy	[email protected]
	Joyce Bowlsbey	[email protected]
	Dan Schneckenburger	[email protected]
	George Patchell	[email protected]
	Robert Hodge	[email protected]

To make it easier, just copy these email addresses and paste them into an email: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Resources

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report FY 2014, CCPS, http://www.ccps.org/files/user/24/file/CAFRFY14.pdf