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Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) Superintendent Thomas Taylor on Wednesday released his proposed $3.78 billion operating budget for fiscal year 2027, a spending plan that represents a 5% increase over current spending and includes staff salary increases and a goal of reducing elementary school class sizes by at least one student.
“This is your vegetable salad budget … you will see a hardy investment in the things that are good for you,” Taylor said Wednesday night as he stood behind a table set with trays of vegetables and proceeded to make a salad during his budget presentation at the county school board headquarters in Rockville.
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