Schools Will Honor Raises, Won’t Raise Class Size in ‘Difficult’ Budget...McKnight vowed. However, she added, “Out of necessity, some things must go.”.. [But not expense] accounts and unmonitored @mcps credit card use. Those stay.

Montgomery County Board of Education members discussed the “difficult choices” they face paying for programs after the Montgomery County Council’s adoption of Fiscal Year 2024 budget.

Montgomery County Public Schools will receive $74.3 million less than it requested.

While MCPS will receive the most money ever from the County Council, it needs additional funds due to increasing enrollment, inflation and salary increases.  MCPS’ FY 2025 budget looks even grimmer as one-time federal grants will expire by then as BOE members stressed at their Thursday business meeting.

“Next year’s fiscal cliff is looming on the horizon,” said Superintendent Monifa McKnight.

Regardless of any fiscal reductions, “We will honor our negotiated contracts, and we will not raise class size,” McKnight vowed. However, she added, “Out of necessity, some things must go.”..

Schools Will Honor Raises, Won't Raise Class Size in 'Difficult' Budget - Montgomery Community Media (mymcmedia.org)