Spending on Montgomery County’s public schools has grown over the last four years while other agencies have been slashed as much as 35 percent, county figures show. Under budgets proposed by County Executive Ike Leggett, school spending has grown by nearly 3 percent over the last four years, while funding for libraries shrunk by 35 percent, transportation nearly 30 percent and recreation nearly 25 percent, according to council staff.
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