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Frederick County school staff recommend 'Scenario B'—3.5% pay increase, virtual-school pilot and repurposing of positions
Summary
At a budget work session April 14, Frederick County Public Schools staff presented four scenarios to address a $9.1 million county-funded shortfall; staff recommended Scenario B — a 3.5% across-the-board pay increase, repurposing 13 positions (no net job losses), a 25‑student virtual-school pilot and summer school expansion — and the board signaled consensus ahead of a formal vote Tuesday.
The Frederick County School Board on April 14 heard staff present four budget scenarios to close a roughly $9.1 million gap in county funding and to respond to an uncertain state budget. Superintendent Doctor Hummer told the board this was a work session with no formal vote that night but asked the board for a consensus so staff could prepare a resolution for Tuesday.
"As we've mentioned, this is a work session, so there is no vote this evening," Doctor Hummer said, explaining staff would focus discussion on the four scenarios and requested feedback before the next meeting. Miss Anderson, who led the budget overview, said the county had appropriated $9,100,000 after adopting a 53¢ real-estate tax rate; the division had originally asked for $18.2 million from the county.
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