Montgomery County’s Board of Education members are expected to sign off today on a long-awaited $10 million middle school reform plan that increases academic rigor and standardizes teaching quality districtwide.

The board last month tentatively approved the policy that paves the way for the reform. Yet it delayed the final vote to allow the trio of new members to have extra time with the proposal.

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