A Montgomery County Public Schools official said Thursday she does not think schools will meet a county objective of recycling 50 percent of their waste by the year 2010, a goal originally set in 1992 for the year 2000.

Even with the extra decade, county schools are recycling an average of 28 percent of their waste across all facilities, according to schools environmental safety coordinator Lynne Zarate. Zarate said she thought the schools could realistically achieve a 42 percent rate by 2010.