Evergreen was engaged with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) to conduct a Pay Plan Study. Evergreen reviewed pay plans, recommend best practices, and presented teacher pay scale options to eliminate compression in the existing teacher scale, particularly in the beginning area of the scale, while maintaining a maximum of 30 steps. Evergreen also recommended a unified pay scale that included all certified personnel including, administrators and professional personnel such as occupational physical therapist and assistance, speech language pathologist, and interpreters and recommend a unified pay scale that included all classified personnel to include administrative assistance, custodians, bus drivers, maintenance personnel, instructional assistants (aides), cafeteria personnel.