Montgomery Community Media

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Joshua P. Starr is recommending that $220.8 million be added to the district’s current six-year school construction plan in order to address significant space needs in the school system. The proposed amendments would increase the Fiscal Year 2015-2020 Capital Improvements Program budget to $1.75 billion from the $1.53 billion plan approved […]

In a recent letter to County Executive Ike Leggett and the Montgomery County Council, the Montgomery County Council of PTAs highlighted their efforts to bring awareness at the State level of the school system’s need for additional construction funding due to overcrowding.  Read the complete text of the letter below: “Since October, our county executive, […]

On March 6, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown wrote the House Appropriations Committee in support of the Supplemental Public School Construction Matching Fund Program legislation (House Bill 1323). The complete text of his letter is below:

The Montgomery County Council of Parent-Teacher Associations is preparing for their second trip to Annapolis this year, but this trip will be a little different — they’re hoping to show their numbers to lawmakers in Annapolis and demonstrate what they say is a dire need for school construction funding in Montgomery County. “Our hope for this […]