MCPS > MONTGOMERY COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS www. montgomeryschoolsmd.org, MARYLAND il 7, 2009 The Honorable Valerie Ervin Chair, Education Committee Montgomery County Council Stella B. Wemer Council Office Building 100 Maryland Avenue Rockville, Maryland 20850 This is a follow-up to my April 2, 2009, letter to you regarding the 21" Century Interactive Classroom Technology initiative and recent media coverage of this initiative. As you can see from the information in the April 2 letter, there is no shortfall in e-Rate revenues that would prevent Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) from paying the second installment of the lease payment for the Promethean Boards in FY 2010. In addition to the $3.9 million of unexpended e-Rate funds from previous years, we anticipate receiving between $1.6 and $1.8 million this year. Therefore, more than $5.5 million will be available for this payment of $3.4 million. As T indicated in my letter to you, we anticipate additional capital budget funds in FY 2011 and FY 2012 to support the third and fourth payments for the Promethean Boards. In the event this additional funding is not provided, we will use existing technology funding in the capital budget to go along with e-Rate funding to make the third payment in FY 2011 and the final payment in FY 2012 Despite the misinformation provided in The Examiner article yesterday, MCPS has the resources to ‘continue the funding for this innovative technology. If you have any questions, please call Mr. Larry A. Bowers, chief operating officer, at 301-279-3626 ot Mr. Sherwin Collette, chief technology officer, at 301-279-3581 Respectfully, Weast, Ed.D. ‘Superintendent of Schools, IDW:sz Copy to: Members of the Board of Education Mr. Bowers Mr. Collette Office of the Superintendent of Schools ‘850 Hungerford Drive, Room 122 ¢ Rockville, Maryland 20850 ¢ 301-279-3381