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Residents urge Waynesboro council to preserve 42.5% school funding formula; warn a 3% cap would be a cut
Summary
Several residents, teachers and students urged the council to retain the current school funding formula and reject proposals that would cap school growth at 3%, warning that a cap would cut services, special education supports and extracurriculars. Speakers cited academic performance gaps and economic-development consequences.
During council remarks and the citizen‑comment period on April 13, multiple residents urged the council to maintain the long-standing funding relationship with the Waynesboro Public School System and reject an idea described by several speakers as a 3% cap on school funding.
Mary McDermott, a Waynesboro resident, framed school investment as an economic imperative: "A…
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