Dr. Dana T. Bedden, Richmond’s public schools superintendent, is probably out of here.

No, it’s not because he was a runner-up and not the winner of the Boston public school system’s top job. It’s because of the latest actions by possibly the two biggest burrs under his saddle — Mayor Dwight C. Jones and the Richmond School Board.

Last Friday, Mayor Jones announced a $2.8 billion budget plan for the city for the next two years. His plan includes little more for the city’s public school system than it currently receives — roughly $136 million annually for operations.

Dr. Bedden and the School Board had requested nearly $25 million more.

 Ouch!

That’s a big gap and a bigger blow to Dr. Bedden and the plans he recently articulated for turning around the city’s ailing — some say failing — schools.

There’s a saying that you can tell a person’s priorities by where they put their money. In this case, what does it say to Dr. Bedden — and to the citizens of Richmond — that a beer garden and a bike race take fiscal priority over the needs of the 24,000 students enrolled in Richmond Public Schools?

To further confound the situation, the School Board voted Monday night to approve a new public charter school to possibly open in 2016.

Dr. Bedden recommended against it — and we say rightly so. Our major concerns: Where will a new charter school be housed and where will the money come from to run it?

With current school buildings crumbling and the city’s financial support just short of receding, why would the School Board make such an awkward, fiscally short-sighted and possibly damaging move?

The School Board is simply creating more of the chaos that would compel Dr. Bedden to entertain an offer from just about anyplace right now.

On the budget side, we understand that the city’s projected revenue for the next two fiscal years — 2016 and 2017 — that begin July 1 isn’t expected to swell like the James River after a summer storm.

And we note that Mayor Jones, to his credit, has proposed $31.4 million go to the school system for capital improvements. However, the lion’s share —$18 million — would go toward building a new elementary school in a city-supported development in the former Dove Court public housing community.

Dr. Bedden and the School Board would rather use the money for more critical needs, including a new middle or elementary school in South Richmond, where the school-age population is exploding.

A showdown is looming.

The situation for Dr. Bedden also will become crucial over Mayor Jones’ call to close underused school buildings.

Why pour money into buildings that are operating woefully under capacity? The school system possibly could save millions by shifting students to the under-populated schools.

However, with roofs leaking, heating and air conditioning systems not working and health-threatening mold forcing the 500 students at Elkhardt Middle School to be displaced recently to the previously closed Clark Springs Elementary School, the Richmond school system has serious problems requiring immediate attention and money.

For the future of our students, for the future of the city, for the future of our leadership, we call on Mayor Jones and Dr. Bedden to re-examine what they’re doing and what they are proposing. A big fight will produce little but noise, while ignoring the critical and paramount need — to boost educational quality for our students.

If a dialogue doesn’t begin, and soon, Richmond may find itself interviewing candidates for a new schools superintendent.