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Superintendent Byrd announces $400,000 special education gap grants, transitional team and district accreditation
Summary
Superintendent Doctor Byrd reported Montgomery Public Schools received two $200,000 gap grants for special education, named members for a transitional team to review district systems and announced districtwide Columbia accreditation at the June 8, 2025 board meeting.
Superintendent Doctor Byrd told the Montgomery County Board of Education on June 8 that Montgomery Public Schools (MPS) received $400,000 in gap grant funding to support special education programs. The funding will be distributed as approximately $200,000 each to Derrida Elementary School and Von Road Elementary School to expand specialized instructional programs and services for students with disabilities.
Doctor Byrd said MPS was the only district in the state to receive two individual school awards and to be granted the maximum allowable amount per school in the first round of grant…
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