Weast’s proposed budget
Montgomery Superintendent Jerry Weast came up with a “cut list” of people and programs that might go if the county does not approve his $2.2 billion budget request. Here is a sampling of the 534 job losses and $43 million in possible savings:
Action
Savings
Jobs lost
Increase class size by an average of one student per class
$15.4 million
240
Reduce teachers assigned to support struggling students
$1.7 million
24
Eliminate transportation for magnet, language immersion, and other optional programs
$4.9 million
65
Reduce media assistants in elementary schools
$2.3 million
40
Reduce counselors, psychologists, and pupil personnel workers (who support, for example, students at risk of dropping out)
$2.3 million
18
Buy regular diesel rather than biodiesel fuel for school buses
$400,000
0