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Commissioner says county met 'blueprint' funding but raises concerns about school administrative costs
Summary
At a public meeting, a St. Mary's County commissioner described a contentious Board of Education discussion about pull-out programs and said the county provided $7 million in additional funding last year, increased starting teacher pay to over $60,000, and has exceeded maintenance-of-effort funding by roughly $68 million over the past decade. The
Commissioner (unnamed), a St. Mary's County commissioner, said he watched a Board of Education meeting where debate over pull-out programs — classes that remove small groups of students for special instruction such as music or art — drew a standing-room crowd and sharp disagreement.
He said the superintendent used that meeting to describe the district’s budget process and to argue that the county had not provided enough funding. The commissioner disputed that characterization, saying St. Mary’s County provided $7,000,000 last year and raised starting teacher pay to…
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