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the estimates may be considered necessary, or oven ad-
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vantageous, we cannot agree that the final decision for
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the appropriation of funds should be placed in the hands
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of the governor .
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Let me remind you that the present condition
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of public education in Baltimore City, in which an impar-
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tial investigation of the schools has been arranged, has
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come about, in large measure, because of the reductions of
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the budget of the Board of School Commissioners which have
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been made by the Mayor and the City Council over the past
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ten years. One of the principal factors has been the
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right of the City Council to reduce the numbers of teachers
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to be employed — with the effect that the City now has
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many of the largest classes in the State.
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Allow the governor to make an arbitrary, similar
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cut of staffing positions, with the resulting lack of
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available funds for this purpose to each subdivision, and
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educational chaos will result in five years, and we will
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be returned to the pre-1916 status of public education in
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Maryland.
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Finally, let me urge you, the members of the
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