Prince George’s public schools face roughly $145 million in cuts next year despite the County Council’s efforts to add millions of dollars to the school system’s budget, according to school officials. The council’s efforts gave the school system about $18 million more than the board was expecting, but the adopted fiscal 2012 budget still reduces education spending by $13 million from last year.

“The cuts are so deep that our employees are at their wits’ end,” school board Chairwoman Verjeana Jacobs said. “Not to be ungrateful, but at the same time we still have significant cuts in the budget that are going to affect our operations.”