MCPS Teachers Not Being Payed?

[Anonymous]

BethesdaToday is covering the story now: https://bethesdamagazine.com/2025/07/29/mcea-grievance-mcps-payment-issues/

The Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA), the union representing Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) teachers, announced Monday it has filed a grievance against the district after summer employees experienced pay disruptions, according to the union and MCPS.

Michael Schoettle, managing director of public affairs for MCEA, told Bethesda Today on Monday that 85 employees haven’t been paid and hundreds more are experiencing pay and other “leave-related discrepancies.”

In a Monday statement to Bethesda Today, MCPS spokesperson Liliana López said “unfortunately, issues with our new payroll and [human resources] system caused pay disruptions for some team members on summer assignments this past pay period.”

López said “a small number of summer employees” who started work after July 11 or whose timecards entered the system after July 11, didn’t receive their payment as scheduled on Friday. López told Bethesda Today that those employees will now be paid Wednesday, while all other employees received their pay as scheduled on Friday.

The fact that MCPS thinks 85 employees is a "small number" is pretty ridiculous. Of course, I recognize compared to the full workforce, it's small number, but still. Lilliana's statement minimizes the scope of the problem in a way that doesn't match with the reality of the situation.

[Anonymous]

Is this likely to affect pay for the first pay period for all staff & returning teachers?

I guess it better this happened during summer to work any kinks rather than during the school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this likely to affect pay for the first pay period for all staff & returning teachers?

I guess it better this happened during summer to work any kinks rather than during the school year.

Not likely. They seem to have issues with summer pay for some reason. This isn’t the first year it’s happened. Idiots in charge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this likely to affect pay for the first pay period for all staff & returning teachers?

I guess it better this happened during summer to work any kinks rather than during the school year.

Not likely. They seem to have issues with summer pay for some reason. This isn’t the first year it’s happened. Idiots in charge.

Reminder: There's a new head of HR that started July 1:

She's in charge of "HR Information Systems," which I presume include Hub+. I'm guessing the former MCPS HR Chief, April Key, oversaw much of the implementation though since Kaylan just started July 1.

[Anonymous]

On second thought, I think Hub+ is seen as a financial software. Which means it's likely under CFO Ivon Alfonso-Windsor.

[Anonymous]

April Key interviewed for her position and DID NOT get it. That says a lot. I'm hearing rumors of her being shuffled somewhere in the mcps system.


She's in charge of "HR Information Systems," which I presume include Hub+. I'm guessing the former MCPS HR Chief, April Key, oversaw much of the implementation though since Kaylan just started July 1.

[Anonymous]

Once again thank you to Moderately MOCO the only news site to report this until most jumped in without even giving credit. Thank you Moderately MOCO for fighting for teachers!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The unions are really just there to take your money not give you money. If you got in to teaching for money then you got bamboozled bc teaching isn't about money

I’m not in it for money, but MCEA has fixed two pay issues for me during my career and paid me sick bank during two health crises so I can’t agree with your first statement.

[Anonymous]

Mcea can pick and choose who they help. They couldn't help me when I had violence in my classrooms and admin were writing bad reviews to cover it up with firing and blaming teachers.

This is why I advise against teaching as a profession. The system is incredibly corrupt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The unions are really just there to take your money not give you money. If you got in to teaching for money then you got bamboozled bc teaching isn't about money

I’m not in it for money, but MCEA has fixed two pay issues for me during my career and paid me sick bank during two health crises so I can’t agree with your first statement.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcea can pick and choose who they help. They couldn't help me when I had violence in my classrooms and admin were writing bad reviews to cover it up with firing and blaming teachers.

This is why I advise against teaching as a profession. The system is incredibly corrupt.

I have to agree. At least don’t teach at MCPS. This has been the worst experience of my entire life. The lack of support, the gaslighting, the admin blame, the nepotism, the constantly changing initiatives, the falsifying of records…..has caused
my mental health to decline to the point I was suicidal and had to enter treatment. I had disclosed my disability to MCPS and I am firm in my belief (and my doctor) that my admin 100% used it against me. I can’t afford a lawyer like Mr. Engler but the corruption amongst admins is very very deep IMO. The fact that an admin would rather falsify a statement than talk to a teacher directly is a big issue. They are cowards and are harming everyone, most especially students. Why should they listen to teachers when they see all the chaos of the mismanagement in the news? I don’t know how it can be fixed at this point..but they are hurting people deeply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcea can pick and choose who they help. They couldn't help me when I had violence in my classrooms and admin were writing bad reviews to cover it up with firing and blaming teachers.

This is why I advise against teaching as a profession. The system is incredibly corrupt.

I have to agree. At least don’t teach at MCPS. This has been the worst experience of my entire life. The lack of support, the gaslighting, the admin blame, the nepotism, the constantly changing initiatives, the falsifying of records…..has caused
my mental health to decline to the point I was suicidal and had to enter treatment. I had disclosed my disability to MCPS and I am firm in my belief (and my doctor) that my admin 100% used it against me. I can’t afford a lawyer like Mr. Engler but the corruption amongst admins is very very deep IMO. The fact that an admin would rather falsify a statement than talk to a teacher directly is a big issue. They are cowards and are harming everyone, most especially students. Why should they listen to teachers when they see all the chaos of the mismanagement in the news? I don’t know how it can be fixed at this point..but they are hurting people deeply.

MCPS admin run like a mafia. They are corrupt liars with unchecked power and seemingly no accountability. It's scary.

[Anonymous]

Kids were getting violently hurt everyday and admin would just pile more work on new teachers, like a Trumpian distraction. When I pleaded my case to the union I would say how I was the first one in the building everyday and the last one to leave and I was working and grading all weekend. This was all verifiable by the cameras and time stamps on computers. My admin also wanted scripted lesson plans everyday...and I did it. In the end there was no support or protection and it didn't help when teachers started finding out about the broomings - and we would report it naturally-we are mandatory reporters.

i am being nice when I say- admin didn't want to hear about it, they didn't want to know about it, and they get rid of teacher who wanted to protect students by being concerned about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember seeing some people at the last board meeting holding up signs saying “MCPS pay us”. Nobody seemed to testify about not getting payed but Rivera-Oven did ask Taylor about a certain position being changed from 10 to 12 months, Taylor said those people are being payed. But apparently many teachers and support staff are not being payed. Does anyone have any information about this? The unions don’t have any press releases about this issue. I was only able to find an article on ModeratelyMOCO: https://moderatelymoco.com/summer-pay-chaos-mcps-employees-still-await-compensation-as-unions-take-action/

Unacceptable

[Anonymous]

Payed? Payed?

PAID!!!!