Local governments are going through the budget process for 2023. We’ve heard from the city and the county and now, we hear from Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools.
They are asking Mecklenburg County for $578.4 million. That’s about 7.5% or $40.4 million more than last year and the county manager is recommending the county give the schools only half of that additional funding.
The schools say, they need the extra for raises and other educational priorities and if they don’t get it, they’ll have to make cuts at a time of crisis.
School Board Chair Elyse Dashew and District 4 member Carol Sawyer join us to make their case.
Guests
Elyse Dashew, chairperson and at-large member of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Carol Sawyer, district 4 representative of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
