Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett proposed the first cut to school construction funding in more than 20 years, delaying middle and high school modernizations amid an enrollment boom that is straining the school system. Leggett’s $4.21 billion capital improvement program proposal offers $1.36 billion to Montgomery County Public Schools, a 3 percent cut from two years ago
and 9 percent less than the $1.49 billion that Superintendent Joshua Starr requested.
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