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Council committee backs Excel Beyond the Bell expansion, presses for better out‑of‑school time data and a formal MOU
Summary
A joint county committee signaled support for expanding the Excel Beyond the Bell after‑school program to two elementary schools and for adding a program manager, while pressing Recreation, MCPS and the Collaboration Council to fix data collection and create formal data‑sharing agreements.
A Montgomery County Council joint committee on education and planning on Wednesday signaled support for expanding the Excel Beyond the Bell (EBB) after‑school program to Waters Landing and East Silver Spring elementary schools and for adding a program manager position to oversee the program, while pressing staff to improve data collection and complete a data‑sharing memorandum of understanding with Montgomery County Public Schools.
The move to expand EBB and to add a manager was included in the county executive—s proposed budget; the committee agreed to advance that recommendation without objection. The Recreation Department staff told the committee the expansion is budgeted at $688,246 and that a full‑time program manager would be needed to support any expansion.
Committee members said the program—s reach and equity make it a high priority, but they repeatedly criticized the county—s centralized OST (out‑of‑school time) report for presenting self‑reported youth counts and provider budgets in a way that created confusion. Council members…
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