In Baltimore County, Maryland, school spending is up, the number of teachers is down and the graduation rate is falling, leading one school board member to criticize the district.
“The majority of the adults on the board and in the school system make decisions that are in the best interest of adults,” Maggie Domanowski told Fox 45 News. “We have been educating students for how many years now? How are we getting worse at it?”
Fox reported that despite a $780 million increase in school spending since 2011, the suburban county’s graduation rates hit a 14-year low last year. It also highlighted a 38% spending hike in the city of Baltimore, where graduation rates rose just 1%.
In Baltimore County, where the number of school employees increased by 245 over the last five years while the number of teachers fell by nearly 500, Domanowski said the school system “is not in the business of creating jobs for adults.
