School principals, teachers, staff and families of Montgomery County students are contemplating the impacts of budget cuts that will result in growing class sizes in the fall.
In an email to families on Tuesday, Montgomery County Public Schools Interim Superintendent Monique Felder said class size will increase by one student per class across all grades in the fall. Felder said it’s a result of the Montgomery County Council providing the school system an operating budget that falls $30 million short.
“It’s creating a lot of anxiety, and, frankly, some indignation on the part of teachers who are already overburdened because of a lack of staffing and because of the increasing needs of our students,” said Jennifer Martin, president of the Montgomery County Education Association, the union which represents teachers and school staff.
“It doesn’t sound like much when you say ‘well, class sizes are going to increase on average by one.’ But the reality of that is that it generally means that you’re going to be losing a teacher or more,” Martin added.
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