{"id":42655,"date":"2018-02-07T11:02:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T16:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/?p=42655"},"modified":"2022-01-10T18:36:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:36:57","slug":"margate-resident-feedback-school-budget-declining-enrollment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/margate-resident-feedback-school-budget-declining-enrollment\/","title":{"rendered":"Margate Resident Feedback: School Budgets and Declining Enrollment"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42657\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42657\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42657\" src=\"https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ross-margate-school.jpg\" alt=\"margate school\" width=\"666\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ross-margate-school.jpg 800w, https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ross-margate-school-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ross-margate-school-235x180.jpg 235w, https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ross-margate-school-20x15.jpg 20w, https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ross-margate-school-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42657\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Margate ponders the need for two schools in a town with declining, full-time residency. Listen to resident feedback from recent Margate Commissioner meetings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Some highlighted comments from the audio clips below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MARGATE SCHOOL BUDGET\u00a0 $13.5 mil per year. That\u2019s 1\/3 of entire city budget.<\/li>\n<li>ISIS commander grew up in Margate. Zulfi Hoxha graduated from AC High School in 2010.<\/li>\n<li>What happens down shore when no one is looking? $88k median salary for Margate teachers<\/li>\n<li>Margate board accused of inefficiency. Accusations of Patronage &amp; Nepotism.<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate one of 2 schools (Tighe School is getting too old &amp; expensive to maintain) 14 kids per classroom at Tighe. 3<sup>rd<\/sup> floor of (more modern) ROSS (17 yrs old) would be fine.<\/li>\n<li>Enrollment down as budget is up. Avg cost per pupil: $32,000<\/li>\n<li>No need to fill position of recently retired Superintendent. Instead, use one of the principle as super &amp; administrator.<\/li>\n<li>Full-time senior residents not able to handle tax increase, even as ratables increase.<\/li>\n<li>The need for more shared services (including fire &amp; school) with Ventnor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist wp-audio-playlist wp-playlist-light\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-current-item\"><\/div>\n\t\t<audio controls=\"controls\" preload=\"none\" width=\"640\"\n\t\t\t><\/audio>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-next\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wp-playlist-prev\"><\/div>\n\t<noscript>\n\t<ol>\n\t\t<li><a href='https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Margate-Sewell-Schools-2.2.2018.mp3'>Margate Sewell Schools 2.2.2018<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Margate-School-Comments-12.21.2017.mp3'>Margate School Comments 12.21.2017<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Margate-Mtg-9.7.17-Schools.mp3'>Margate Mtg 9.7.17 Schools<\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/downbeachbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Margate-Sewell-School-Budget-4.6.17.mp3'>Margate Sewell School Budget 4.6.17<\/a><\/li>\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/noscript>\n\t<script type=\"application\/json\" class=\"wp-playlist-script\">{\"type\":\"audio\",\"tracklist\":true,\"tracknumbers\":true,\"images\":true,\"artists\":true,\"tracks\":[{\"src\":\"https:\\\/\\\/downbeachbuzz.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/02\\\/Margate-Sewell-Schools-2.2.2018.mp3\",\"type\":\"audio\\\/mpeg\",\"title\":\"Margate Sewell Schools 2.2.2018\",\"caption\":\"\",\"description\":\"\\\"Margate Sewell Schools 2.2.2018\\\". 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