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@theayo22 @onechancefreedm No this is wrong

@onechancefreedm I'll fix it for you - the woke school boards are burning all the money with woke programs and bad spending habits

Even The Elite Public Schools Are Slamming Into the Post COVID Budget Cliff Brookline and Lexington Public Schools in Massachusetts are textbook illustrations of the national structural deficit or budget cliff crisis. These elite high wealth districts embedded one time federal COVID stimulus funds such as ESSER and ARPA into recurring operating budgets for salaries expanded programs and daily services. They now confront massive gaps once that temporary money disappeared. These are not struggling systems. They serve two of Massachusetts most affluent highly educated communities and consistently rank among the very best public school districts in the state and nation. Brookline Public Schools rank number 1 in Greater Boston and top tier statewide. They serve a town with median household income around $142,000 dollars and median home values around $1.25 million dollars. Families pay premium prices specifically for the districts world class academics small classes advanced programs and strong outcomes. Lexington Public Schools rank among the top 3 to 4 in Massachusetts in a town with median household income near $238,000 dollars and median home values of about $1.4 million dollars. In Brookline the Public Schools of Brookline face a projected $17.94 million dollar shortfall over the next three years simply to maintain current service levels. On March 25, 2026 the Select Board voted to place a $23.25 million dollar tax override on the May 5, 2026 ballot with approximately 77% or $17.94 million dollars earmarked specifically for the schools. The override would be tiered and phased in over three years. If voters reject it officials have warned of unrecognizable changes including elimination of up to 210 positions which is roughly 14.5% of total school staff discontinuation of middle school world languages and K-8 conservatory music programs and average class sizes swelling to as many as 30 students. In Lexington the district is grappling with a $4.7 million dollar budget deficit for fiscal year 2027. Unlike Brookline Lexington is choosing not to pursue a new operating override. Instead it is implementing deep cuts including the equivalent of 65 full time positions plus non renewal of 160 non professional staff contracts. Officials cite a 13.5% surge in healthcare premiums rising special education costs and declining enrollment as key drivers. Layered on top is the broader COVID era real estate bubble. Federal stimulus ultra low interest rates and pandemic demand inflated residential and commercial property values nationwide. In these wealthy towns that produced temporarily elevated assessed values and tax revenues that got baked into multi year budgets. As that growth normalizes and new growth under Proposition 2 1/2 slows the permanently elevated spending commitments locked in during the stimulus years are left unsupported. This is exactly the non recurring revenue dependency driving the crisis. Even Americas highest wealth and highest performing public school systems where families moved specifically for the education are now forced to choose between massive tax hikes or deep cuts to staffing and programs. Brookline voters decide on May 5th whether to pay more or accept unrecognizable changes. Lexington is already cutting while still absorbing the tax hit from its new high school. What is happening in these two elite Massachusetts towns today is the precise preview of what hundreds of districts nationwide will face as the full ESSER and ARPA fiscal cliff arrives. One time federal money was spent on recurring needs temporary real estate windfalls masked the imbalance and the bill is now due regardless of how rich the town or how excellent the schools. Sound fiscal practice reserves one time funds for one time uses. When that rule is ignored at scale the cliff is inevitable.

@onechancefreedm You wrote a lot without mentioning a shrinking enrollment of students and the town wanting to build a 600 million high school.

@RedPillSweep @onechancefreedm No this isn't why Lexington is cutting teachers. They are cutting staff because enrollment is dropping because it costs at least 1 million to buy a home in that community.

@onechancefreedm Rich towns can't cope because they grossly inflated their staffing levels to absorb federal windfall riches. And MA is drastically cutting municipal funding to towns because Healy spent nearly $3 billion for illegals. Cry me a river.

@KalshiSports Drop his ass.

NEW: Patriots RB TreVeyon Henderson has come out in support of Jaden Ivey’s comments regarding NBA “pride nights.”

@magi_jay Then stop talking about him. Let him rot in obscurity.

He doesn't have a role in Democratic party politics. 55% of Democrats have no idea who he is and 19% have "no opinion."

@ipatrol6010 @stacycay @magistercaecus @PhillyGov This was an act of desperation by the French monarchy to find money in other markets. It was a failure and ironically made the finances of the crown worse further accelerating the revolution.

@NickSysco @stacycay @magistercaecus @PhillyGov en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnie…

Actually “left” and “right” in politics was invented in the French Revolution of 1789. It was to describe which side of the National Assembly you sat on. The left wanted democracy, the right wanted monarchy. Capitalism hadn’t been invented yet. Karl Marx wasn’t born either.

@ipatrol6010 @stacycay @magistercaecus @PhillyGov Not by the time of the revolution.

@NickSysco @stacycay @magistercaecus @PhillyGov France also had an East India Company.

@dprzygoda I don't think anyone said everyone I think he said a specific organization.

If you’re copying the Riley Gaines “eVeRyOnE’s TrYiNg tO SiLeNcE ME!!” whiny playbook then it’s more proof you’re on the wrong side of things:

@magistercaecus @stacycay @PhillyGov Let's be honest America while revolutionary in the use of a democratic system was not radical and ultimately propped up the aristocratic elements that existed before the revolution.

@NickSysco @stacycay @PhillyGov And this was AFTER the French monarchy actively supported their breakaway American colonies. They knew maintaining feudal-era hierarchies was more important than the 7-Years War or any other scuffle they had.

@magistercaecus @stacycay @PhillyGov Ultimately the goals of the French Monarchists and the goals modern day capitalists are the same. The difference is the justification that is used to defend that consolidation of Capital. A feudal system and a late stage capitalist state are the same things.

@NickSysco @stacycay @PhillyGov Right, the ruling class knows it transcends nations. and must keep the system which makes it normalized the dominant system or too many people start asking too many questions.

@magistercaecus @stacycay @PhillyGov I would point out the British consistently tried to stop any revolutionary uprising in France that happened over the next 30 years following the revolution.

@magistercaecus @stacycay @PhillyGov Whether you want to call it a defense or capital or a defense of the status quo that held up the monarchial system that consolidated power in the hands of the few we can have a conversation about that. But I would ask who cares?

@stacycay @magistercaecus @PhillyGov Considering the East India company was British. I think it is safe to say both.

@magistercaecus @PhillyGov Was the “left” in France in opposition to the East India Company or the Monarchy?

@LinkofSunshine They didn't take a donation from the kkk only David duke and the American Renaissance group.

Just a reminder they’re not even counting AIPAC donations they’re counting donations to anyone who happened to donate to both lol

@WhickTv @Mike_from_PA So is one of those positions defending a sex pest?

@Mike_from_PA 1) I make enough to keep doing it full time 2) I will take positions I believe regardless if they are profitable, because I believe in those positions. It is called being principled, something you'd know little about.

Hasan Pikers flank of the left wing needs to be crushed. It is anti American, anti freedom, anti liberal and is just as dangerous as Tucker Carlson and Fuentes (if allowed to fester)

@EyeOnStalk @AnthonyMEmerson Clearly you did that poorly.

@AnthonyMEmerson Never been to Maine. But you can read a census report and look at a map.

I want Graham to win and hold this seat for 30 years so I never have to subject myself to the rantings of randos who visited Portland Head Light once and think they’re experts on this place

@aseitzwald I disagree about the Appalachia comment it is definitely new England it is just more Vermont then Connecticut.

Tell me you’ve never been to Maine, except maybe as a summer tourist, without telling me you’ve never been to Maine. On a bunch socio-economic indicators (main exceptions: education and religiosity), most of Maine looks more like Appalachia than it does Southern New England.

@Wackyshack95494 @Saveourcoast24 @ShortsleeveMA Have you ever been to Lexington?

@Saveourcoast24 @ShortsleeveMA How many illegals in the school system? You can't tell me that is not driving up the cost of doing business.

Lexington is a warning sign. Even after passing a property tax override, they’re still laying off teachers and making painful cuts because the math doesn’t work anymore. Local aid has been stagnant for 20 years while costs keep rising. As governor, I’ll audit state government, cut the waste, and redirect $1 billion to unrestricted local aid so cities and towns don’t have to keep going back to taxpayers with override votes Read more here: zurl.co/TmebA #mapoli #magov

@ShortsleeveMA Lexington cuts are not budget related is student enrollment related because they aren't building more housing.

@SealedGain @RonDeSantis The Fenway is actually one of the easiest places to drive to in Boston

@RonDeSantis I stand behind my statement. It's sucks to get to, sucks to get out of, most of the chairs and extremely uncomfortable and many even face the wrong direction.

No — I’d put Fenway and PNC above Petco.