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==Education== Education in the county is provided by [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]], [[Montgomery College]] and other institutions. ===Montgomery County Public Schools=== {{Main|Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)}} Elementary and secondary public schools are operated by the [[Montgomery County Public Schools (Maryland)|Montgomery County Public Schools]] (MCPS). The county public school system is the largest school district in Maryland, serving about 162,000 students with 13,000 teachers and 10,000 support staff. The public school system operating budget for Fiscal Year 2019 is $2.6 billion (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=2600000000|start_year=2019}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/ |title=About MCPS |publisher=Montgomery County Public Schools |location=Rockville, Maryland |access-date=November 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111133648/https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/about/ |archive-date=November 11, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> MCPS operates under the jurisdiction of an elected board of education. Its current members are:<ref>{{cite web | url = https://montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/#members | title = MCPS School Board Members | work = MCPS | access-date = July 3, 2022 | archive-date = June 12, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190612024613/https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/boe/members/#members | url-status = live }}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- !Name || District || Term ends |- |Brenda Wolff || District 5 || 2026 |- |Karla Silvestre || At-Large, President || 2026 |- |Grace Rivera-Oven || District 1 || 2026 |- |Shebra L. Evans || District 4, Vice President || 2024 |- |Lynne Harris || At-Large || 2024 |- |Julie Yang || District 3 || 2026 |- |Rebecca Smondrowski || District 2 || 2024 |- |Praneel Suvarna || Student Member || 2025 |- |Thomas Taylor || Superintendent || 2028 |} MCPS conducted its first 'data deletion week' in 2019, purging its databases of unnecessary student information.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-student-data-deletion-week-begins-monday/|title=MCPS Student 'Data Deletion Week' Begins|date=August 19, 2019|website=Bethseda magazine|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=February 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225041038/https://moco360.media/2019/08/19/mcps-student-data-deletion-week-begins-monday/|url-status=live}}</ref> Parents said they hoped to shield children from being held accountable in adulthood for youthful mistakes, as well as to guard them from exploitation by what one parent termed "the student data surveillance industrial complex".The district also requires tech companies to annually delete data they collect on schoolchildren. In December 2019 it said [[GoGuardian]] had sent formal certification that it had deleted its data, but the district was still waiting for confirmation from [[Google]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/dec/05/schools-monitor-students-online-activity|title=Tech companies monitor schoolkids across America. These parents are making them delete the data|date=December 5, 2019|website=The Guardian|access-date=December 5, 2019|archive-date=December 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205142330/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/dec/05/schools-monitor-students-online-activity|url-status=live}}</ref> ===Montgomery College=== {{Main|Montgomery College}} The county is also served by [[Montgomery College]], a public, open access community college that has a budget of US$315 million for FY2020. The county has no public university of its own, but the [[University System of Maryland|state university system]] does operate a facility called [[Universities at Shady Grove]] in Rockville that provides access to baccalaureate and Master's level programs from several of the state's public universities. ===Montgomery County Public Libraries=== {{Main|Montgomery County Public Libraries}} The Montgomery County Public Libraries (MCPL) system includes 23 individual libraries, and had a budget $38 million (~${{Format price|{{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=38000000|start_year=2015}}}} in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) for 2015.
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