Montgomery school officials brush aside Leggett's requested cuts | Washington Examiner

Montgomery school officials brush aside Leggett's requested cuts | Washington Examiner

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.

"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."

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/education/2011/01/montgomery-school-officials-brush-aside-leggetts-requested-cuts#ixzz1AN4MdM00

Letter referred to in The Washington Examiner article: 

Board of Ed Letter to County Exec Dec 17, 2010