MCPS cuts schools athletics budget by 10 percent

Gazette:  Montgomery County cuts schools athletics budget by 10 percent

Junior varsity programs take biggest hit in county's cuts to athletics

Fall high school varsity coaches in Montgomery County may still hold two-a-day workouts next month, but they’ll only get paid for one of those practices.
The two-a-day fall practices was the largest chunk of cutbacks the Board of Education made from athletics in its 2012 fiscal budget, accounting for nearly a third of the $751,900 reduced from the previous year. The 10 percent reduction also includes cuts to postseason coaching compensation and junior varsity sports... article continues here.

Cuts to MCPS athletics budget

Montgomery County Public Schools cut about 10 percent of its athletics program when it adopted the 2011-12 fiscal budget on June 16. Here are the cuts made:

$246,400 by reducing stipends to pay coaches for two-a-day practices in the fall

$126,700 by reducing the number of stipends paid in junior varsity sports; reduced each junior varsity sport by 2 to 3 games and 3 practices

$88,200 by eliminating three practice sessions per season for all high school varsity sports

$69,800 by reducing high school postseason compensation by 55 percent

$63,200 by eliminating one game per each of six teams at middle schools

$45,700 by reducing referees and transportation costs for junior varsity sports

$33,600 by limiting high school junior varsity cheerleading to fall only

$32,200 by eliminating high school varsity spring cheerleading

$17,500 by eliminating high school developmental girls golf

$12,900 by cutting stipends to high school intramural directors by 50 percent

$9,800 by reducing the high school coed and boys volleyball seasons by one game

$3,800 by reducing the amount each middle school receives for equipment and supplies by $100

$2,100 by reducing stipends to middle school athletics coordinators (four hours per school)