‘My heart just burst with joy’: Special education teacher reacts to Montgomery Co. school budget

A Montgomery County special education teacher said the budget approved by the Board of Education for 2026 “made my heart just burst with joy.”

Stephanie Gawlinski, who teaches at Sherwood High School in Sandy Spring, Maryland, said the demands of the job have caused some special educators to leave midyear, which is “devastating.”

“That gives you a little bit of an idea of what conditions must be like for people to leave midyear,” she added.

Gawlinski spoke to reporters during...