Education

Operating Budget Reflects $30 Million in Reductions to Meet Operating Costs

Per MCPS: “Today, the Montgomery County Board of Education adopted a $3.32 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, an increase of $147 million or 4.6 percent over the prior year. Although the adopted budget allows Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to maintain a high-quality teaching and learning environment with highly qualified employees, it reflects a $30 million reduction for a same-services budget as FY 2024.

The following message was sent to all Montgomery County Public Schools employees.

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MCPS recently shared the news of John Chase, math resource teacher at Walter Johnson High School, winning the Carl B. Allendoerfer Award for expository mathematical writing from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), for an article he co-wrote, “Bacterial Growth: Not So Simple,” in Mathematics Magazine.

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Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA, teacher’s union) president Jennifer Martin has provided an update stating that MCEA has learned it is unlikely that there will be any layoffs.

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