Fun with Hypotheticals

So, if you were a major urban school board, and were trying to fend of a mayoral takeover of the schools your currently control, do you think that failing to submit a budget proposal for the coming fiscal year in a timely fashion, and then insisting at the last minute that you need a much larger funding increase than the mayor's budget includes, despite enrollment declines, would really be the best course of action to win support for your case here?