Montgomery does not regret $12 million loss

Published January 15, 2011 5:00am ET



Montgomery County school officials have no regrets about refusing federal funds even as school systems around them are given millions of dollars. The district would have received up to $12 million of Maryland’s $250 million award from the national Race to the Top education reform initiative. Next-door neighbor Prince George’s County is swimming in $23.4 million, the second-largest award in the state behind Baltimore City’s $52.8 million. Baltimore County is taking in $17.4 million, and Anne Arundel will reap $6.9 million.

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