No, teachers you still can't have your COLAs. We bought Promethean Boards.

In last week's edition of the MCPS publication The Bulletin, teachers ask the following question:

Q: Since we are entitled to be repaid $24 million by the state, will we be able to get our cost of living adjustments on July 1? How will the money be used?
A: The additional state revenue due to Montgomery County that may become available next fiscal year will not permit funding for a general wage adjustment because of the continuing dire economic situation....

Good question. But the answer fails to tell teachers that last summer MCPS' COO Larry Bowers entered into a 4 year lease for 2,600 Promethean Boards using, in part, unappropriated funds. Another 700 Promethean Boards haven't been accounted for in Board of Education minutes or procurement documents. In total the 3,300 Promethean Boards now in MCPS classrooms cost MCPS around $20 million.

That's just about the amount of the COLA's.