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Anne Arundel County taxpayers each year contribute to a budget that is about $1.8 billion. Because taxpayer dollars flow directly into the salaries of all county employees, The Capital sorted through two employee pay databases from Fiscal Year 2021 and compared the data to past years.
I want to be very clear: I do not believe we are failing our children in a virtual environment and I do not believe we will fail our children in a hybrid environment.
Anne Arundel County Health Officer Nilesh Kalyanaraman has recommended pushing the target date to start hybrid learning from February to March, as hospitalizations are on the rise.
The hearing continued Tuesday with county officials defending the executive order.
The judge pressed Anne Arundel County Health Officer Dr. Nilesh Kalyanaraman for answers, demanding to know why the county is relying on hospital bed capacity projections rather than actual numbers.
The health officer told the court the county heavily relies on the number of COVID-19 hospitalization projections to determine what safety measures to put in place to help stop the spread. The numbers for December were off by 5,000 beds, leaving more than enough space to handle a spike in cases.
Mulford: This is not in the realm of reasonable probability. Why are you so wildly off with your projections? Why do you need to do more?