School board approves $992M budget request to send to county executive

The Frederick County Board of Education on Wednesday voted 6-1 to approve a budget request for the district to County Executive Jessica Fitzwater. The request approved by the board for the next fiscal year is the same as the recommended spending plan Frederick County Public Schools Superintendent Cheryl Dyson released in January. It totals about $991.5 million and represents an increase of about $81.3 million, or about 9%, from this year.