EXAMINER FILE Ike Leggett wants the Montgomery County school board t find $9.7 million in savings and wants $17 million cut from county departments. Pictured: Lakeland Park Middle School. Critics want long-term economic solution Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett said Thursday he is looking to cut $30 million from the current budget to make up for losses in state aid.

Leggett is asking the county’s school board to find $9.7 million in savings and wants $17 million cut from county departments. He also is asking the heads of tax-supported agencies such as the state’s attorney’s office, the county’s community college and the Sheriff’s Office to cut 0.5 percent to 1 percent of their budgets.

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