Montgomery County school officials say they won't make nearly $20 million in midyear cuts proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett to offset a looming budget gap, setting up another clash between the two agencies over disappearing local dollars.Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/education/2011/01/montgomery-school-officials-brush-aside-leggetts-requested-cuts#ixzz1AN4MdM00
"It is not possible to make midyear savings of the magnitude made in previous years," said Montgomery school board President Christopher Barclay in a letter to Leggett, obtained by The Washington Examiner. "Higher-than-anticipated enrollment for the 2010-2011 school year of approximately 800 students will make it more difficult."
Letter referred to in The Washington Examiner article:
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