During Weil tenure as board president, MPS was lifted from State Intervention, made sweeping financial reforms, and had an ad-valorem tax passed that would increase funding to Montgomery schools.
MPS officials say the school system is underfunded, and an increase in property taxes would solve the problems. At Tuesday night’s Montgomery School Board meeting, the board approved the hiring of lobbyist to push an ad valorem tax to legislatures. “We really need to at least bring this vote to the people and let them decide,” says Dr. Ann Roy…
The Montgomery County School Board named a former economic developer and journalist to a vacant seat on the board today. Larry Lee will occupy the District 2 seat only until the November Election. The seat came vacant when W. Durden Dean resigned to take an out-of-state job. Dean hadn’t sought re-election. In the November election, Democrat Clare Weil and Republican…
Montgomery School Board members are reacting to the aggressive five year plan laid out today by the Interim State Superintendent. “What do we want? Do we want the reserve where it is basically a savings or do we want to maximize all of our money and put it behind children,” says Arika Watkins-Smith. Smith says it is not a…
