Cuts

[Anonymous]

Correct these are not cuts, they are transfers.

[Anonymous]

Pyle is losing a teacher but central office is adding an extra administrator they didn’t even ask for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is happening in the largest school district in MD?

Lawsuits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then these are not cuts. Sounds like it’s a way to hopefully be more efficient with staffing. They are moving people around so that means external candidates will not considered for hire until every current MCPS teacher is placed. - secondary teacher

This is going to push class sizes at many middle schools into the 30s. This is a cut and while it may look efficient for the budget it is not effective for your child if they need to, say, learn material

My classes are already well into their 30s. It’s already there. No one knows why they are doing this. Honestly, things get shuffled all the time due to changing enrollment numbers. Some might be positions they have not been able to fill or don’t need anymore. Not everything is doom and gloom all the time.

[Anonymous]

they go to co, that is the internal transfer. When what you need are actually double teachers in many classes.

[Anonymous]

They are looking at enrollment numbers for next year and the teacher allocations. If there are not enough students enrolled based on the allocation formula, there is a reduction or loss of a position. If enrollment goes up, a position could be added back. This happens every year.

[Anonymous]

My MS also had new cuts this week and our class sizes are going up. The county wasted millions on stupid online curriculums that everyone knows are worthless, paying ransom money to McKnight, and fighting legal battles, so now kids and teachers will pay the price. It's shameful.

[Anonymous]

What people need to focus on and should have been focusing on for a long time now is the allocation formula as that determines how much staff is needed based on student enrollment.

Allocation formula and available space is how you get to smaller class sizes.

[Anonymous]

They need to put a spending hold on Central Office. They need to stop purchasing crap.
Do we even need Remind? And all the professional development stuff that they do is crap so why not just get rid of that office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They need to put a spending hold on Central Office. They need to stop purchasing crap.
Do we even need Remind? And all the professional development stuff that they do is crap so why not just get rid of that office.

I like remind but not all teachers use it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My MS also had new cuts this week and our class sizes are going up. The county wasted millions on stupid online curriculums that everyone knows are worthless, paying ransom money to McKnight, and fighting legal battles, so now kids and teachers will pay the price. It's shameful.

+1. There’s all kinds of bloat in random areas but they cut where there isn’t bloat! My middle school has some woman whose job is to talk about MYP and enter SSL forms. I have no clue how this could possibly be a full time position. I feel like there is a way all this SSL stuff could be submitted electronically in a way more efficient manner. Like you know how you can deposit checks on an app now? I’m positive there’s a way to scan and automate this stuff.
I went to get background checked/finger printed for a field trip. There were half a dozen people sitting in there bored. One person checked my ID and took my payment, another prompted me to type in my contact info on a Chromebook, a third person pressed down each of my fingers to be electronically entered. Three more folks sat doing nothing. It could’ve been literally one person!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MS also had new cuts this week and our class sizes are going up. The county wasted millions on stupid online curriculums that everyone knows are worthless, paying ransom money to McKnight, and fighting legal battles, so now kids and teachers will pay the price. It's shameful.

+1. There’s all kinds of bloat in random areas but they cut where there isn’t bloat! My middle school has some woman whose job is to talk about MYP and enter SSL forms. I have no clue how this could possibly be a full time position. I feel like there is a way all this SSL stuff could be submitted electronically in a way more efficient manner. Like you know how you can deposit checks on an app now? I’m positive there’s a way to scan and automate this stuff.
I went to get background checked/finger printed for a field trip. There were half a dozen people sitting in there bored. One person checked my ID and took my payment, another prompted me to type in my contact info on a Chromebook, a third person pressed down each of my fingers to be electronically entered. Three more folks sat doing nothing. It could’ve been literally one person!

Are you a teacher or a parent?

I’m an SSL coordinator - no way to automate it. Each form has to be verified individually. Now, it’s barely a part-time job. It’s a stipend position. So no one gets hired to do it specifically. This person probably has another position but if they are doing it - who can say. Lots of cuts are coming because of budget issues. I can say there is no one in a school building I have ever seen just sitting around.

[Anonymous]

It’s not typical to cut 1000 all at once. My principal has never seen this happen in this way before, across the board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My MS also had new cuts this week and our class sizes are going up. The county wasted millions on stupid online curriculums that everyone knows are worthless, paying ransom money to McKnight, and fighting legal battles, so now kids and teachers will pay the price. It's shameful.

+1. There’s all kinds of bloat in random areas but they cut where there isn’t bloat! My middle school has some woman whose job is to talk about MYP and enter SSL forms. I have no clue how this could possibly be a full time position. I feel like there is a way all this SSL stuff could be submitted electronically in a way more efficient manner. Like you know how you can deposit checks on an app now? I’m positive there’s a way to scan and automate this stuff.
I went to get background checked/finger printed for a field trip. There were half a dozen people sitting in there bored. One person checked my ID and took my payment, another prompted me to type in my contact info on a Chromebook, a third person pressed down each of my fingers to be electronically entered. Three more folks sat doing nothing. It could’ve been literally one person!

Wow, could have written this. SSL forms need to be "approved" so that person checks if students entered info in correctly. The background check/fingerprint experience - true. We needed clarification and got three different responses on what needs to be completed from same office. They literally just sit there filing their nails. Smh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They need to put a spending hold on Central Office. They need to stop purchasing crap.
Do we even need Remind? And all the professional development stuff that they do is crap so why not just get rid of that office.

Remind sucks. Waste of $.