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Montgomery Board Increases Class Size to Balance Budget; Move Preserves Raise for School Employees
1995
Overview
The increase in class size will average seven-tenths of a student but will be slightly higher at the high school level than in the middle and elementary grades. It was approved on a 7 to 1 vote, despite opposition from County Council members and the county's Council of Parent Teacher Associations. The average high school class currently has 26 students. By increasing class sizes, board members were able to avoid cutting positions in art, music and physical education programs that had been targeted for elimination by Superintendent Paul L. Vance. They also kept funding for the English as a Second Language and Head Start programs. However, 121 classroom positions originally included in Vance's budget were cut to comply with a County Council mandate that the school system reduce its proposed $893.5 million budget by $15.3 million, or 1.7 percent. Montgomery County traditionally has enjoyed one of the highest staff-to-pupil ratios among large school systems in Maryland. According to a 1994 Maryland Department of Education survey, the county provides nearly 61.8 teachers and 14 teacher aides per 1,000 students, compared with a statewide average of 59.8 and 9.5 respectively. Prince George's County schools had 56.4 teachers and 7.4 aides per 1,000 students.
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