Maryland's Largest School District
At each Board business meeting, Board members often request further information and/or request data from Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) staff. This page is dedicated to providing the comprehensive responses prepared by MCPS staff to further enhance transparency and share information. Documents are organized by the Board meeting date at which the request was made.
Follow Up Documents for Capital improvements Program (CIP) and Boundary Studies
* How is parent feedback being captured regarding the implementation of Amplify Desmos Math? - Answer Pending
As part of the Blueprint's goal to ensure all students across Maryland have the resources and supports they need to be successful, the state incorporates a wealth equalization formula to determine how much of each Local Education Agency (LEA)'s foundational education funding comes from the state (state share) compared to the county (local share). Maryland's wealth equalization formula incorporates net taxable income and property values to determine a county's wealth.
What factors other than net taxable income and property values do states use when incorporating local wealth in determining the state's share of a district's foundational education funding? - Answer Pending
Appendix E in the Elementary Schools Boundary Study Preview presentation includes current and projected enrollment alongside capacity information for the 2025-2026 and 2031-2032 school years.
Where a student goes to elementary school depends on a few factors—mainly their home address or whether they participate in a specialized program. For schools hosting programs like the Centers for Enriched Studies (CES) or Language Immersion, how does 2025-2026 enrollment compare for students attending because it is their assigned school to students attending to participate in a specialized program? - Answer Pending
Superintendent Taylor implemented Cross-Functional Teams (CFTs) during the 2025-2026 school year to provide coordinated and customized supports to schools.
How much time and resources are needed to evaluate the effectiveness of the CFT model in improving academic outcomes? - Answer Pending
The Student-Athlete Leadership Council (SALC) is a district-wide leadership opportunity which empowers student atheletes to advocate on behalf of interscholastic sports in MCPS
Which sports are represented in SALC?
Please provide demographical information on students participating in SALC. - Answer Pending
What different funding sources are available and how do high schools leverage these funds to support interscholastic athletics? - Answer Pending
How much staff time and resources would be needed to audit student screen time across Grades K - 8?
No additional information requested during this meeting.
The Accelerated and Enriched Learning in Literacy and Mathematics presentation reported declining MCAP proficiency rates for students in the 2021-2022 Compacted Math 4/5 Cohort from Grade 4 through Grade 7 (see slide #7).
Starting with the 2026-2027 school year, identified elementary students will access accelerated math content through cluster grouping.
Based on the current staffing standard, MCPS allocates 0.6 Staff Development Teachers to each high school.
How much does it cost to fund 0.6 Staff Development Teachers for each high school?
Restorative Approaches is a mindset and philosophy toward climate and community building that centers on relationships, accountability, repairing harm, and rehabilitation and promotoes learning from mistakes, restoring relationships, and supporting well-being.
On the Boundary Study website, data tables are included with each option. A request was made for similar data tables to be provided for the Superintendent's Non-Recommended Alternate Scenario of opening Crown as a new high school #27. What are the data tables available for the Superintendent's non-recommended option of opening "New School #27"?
