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Montgomery superintendent's ‘Plan B' includes elimination of nearly 200 teacher positions, class size hike

Weast says $48 million in program, personnel cuts likely without increase in county funding of schools' budget

by Andrew Ujifusa | Staff Writer

Teacher positions would be cut and class sizes would increase by one student per class next year if the county does not give the school system an additional $82 million requested by the superintendent, according to early Montgomery County Public Schools projections.

Superintendent of Schools Jerry D. Weast said Friday that without any of the additional money that the school system would receive under a state education funding law, some $48 million in personnel and program cuts would be likely, with the elimination of 650 positions from the $2.16 billion fiscal 2012 budget that Weast proposed Dec. 15.

Cutting 193 classroom teaching positions would account for $12.6 million of the $48 million in savings in his proposed budget. Other possible cuts include 117 positions that deal with academic intervention and staff development...

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