What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?

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Anonymous wrote:Elementary SDTs run the school from behind the scenes. I did it for a few years and got fed up with all the directives from central office. I went right back into the classroom with zero regrets. That being said, there's no way elementary schools could function without SDTs.

That’s laughable considering that so many elementary schools all over the county function just fine and many actually outperform MCPS elementary schools without a SDT. I’ve worked in enough districts to know this for a fact. Cut the crap.

Yikes. Perhaps there is someone else doing what STDs do in other districts. I really think their job titles are mislabeled. That being said- MCPS is highly mismanaged. That doesn’t mean those at the bottom are insincere or that their positions don’t truly benefit staff. They don’t make the rules - they follow what is expected of them. Have some grace. They are valued.

That’s because in elementary schools, SDTs are crucial-they are basically admin without the pay. In middle and high schools, they are not as effective. They provide “PD” once a month that is often not useful and ends up feeling like a waste of planning time. They also run the once-a-month staff meeting-big deal. They don’t do much (or anything) to actually support teachers, whereas in elementary school, SDTs do a lot for teachers.

Most of the STDs at the middle school level hold an admin-like role. Maybe not all, but I know many of them are the testing coordinators - there is a lot more testing at the secondary level. I know many are pulled in directions by admin that takes time away from working directly with staff. Again- each school or level may find that person valuable, just not for duties pertaining to the exact job title they hold.

Our MS SDT was testing coordinator, pulled a lot of long nights arranging testing groups, testing tickets, accommodation groups, testing locations, testing schedules. She pulled MCAP, MAP and WIDA scores for reflection. She facilitated gradebook checks bi-weekly to make sure grades were being put in. She provided coverage so ELD teachers could pull groups and test and screen and do caseload management. She was great. Many teachers don't want to admit there is a layer of resentment many have towards those with release time. If they hate the classroom so much they should leave instead of bashing people who do behind the scenes work.

She’s not very bright. She’s doing an admin job without the admin pay. But I don’t really believe this anyway.

Not really, that's what an sdt should be supporting...she sat in on a PLC with all the content specialists every other wednesday morning and 1x a month an AP would join. I'm sorry you've never gotten to work with a great sdt but high functioning schools exist. She left the role when schools cut them to .6 because she knew there would be no way to do all that and teach.

We found the SDT trying to justify their job (per usual)

Ha, nope just a friend and former colleague of one

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Anonymous wrote:Presentation is up; https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DUATCT76C267/$file/FY2027%20Op%20Budget%20260521%20PPT.pdf

So after they started the agenda item, so clever

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By the way they are talking you would never think enrollment is decreasing, they got a large increase in their budget and are giving employees raises of between 3-6%

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Montoya talking like MCPS is a jobs program, not a school system serving students

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone know what the $4million line item for Retirement Incentive/Severance? I wonder what they are going to offer to get teachers to retire.

A one time payment of 10k for 10 month employees and 12k for 12 month employees.

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He added 18 school psychologists to the list to be cut. The blows to special education keep coming.

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Are the teachers from the Philippines still teaching in MCPS?
I don’t mean to sound harsh, but I view them as short term contractors and should not be favored over other staff.

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He cut the composition assistants - the ones helping with college essays, with in-class writing, the ones making well below the poverty level. He cut social workers and psychologists. He is on his way to trying to outsource college & career counseling to Worksource Montgomery, a for-profit company.

This is DOGE, MCPS edition.

Taylor is sneaky AF. He didn’t touch any MCEA or teacher positions because he knew parents would mutiny. He went after all sorts of tiny line items on the budget that he counted on people not understanding.

The students in my building deserve college counseling. They deserve social workers. They deserve writing help.

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He cut the college counselors and the social workers and the English composition teachers??? And lunch?

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Anonymous wrote:He cut the college counselors and the social workers and the English composition teachers??? And lunch?

Yes to the first 3. That is exactly what he did.

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Anonymous wrote:He cut the composition assistants - the ones helping with college essays, with in-class writing, the ones making well below the poverty level. He cut social workers and psychologists. He is on his way to trying to outsource college & career counseling to Worksource Montgomery, a for-profit company.

This is DOGE, MCPS edition.

Taylor is sneaky AF. He didn’t touch any MCEA or teacher positions because he knew parents would mutiny. He went after all sorts of tiny line items on the budget that he counted on people not understanding.

The students in my building deserve college counseling. They deserve social workers. They deserve writing help.

Did he say that the college and career counseling would be outsource to Worksource Montgomery? Or is this just speculation?

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He saved the high school media assistants but not the college/career navigators?
Clearly he doesn’t know what people do in high schools.

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Anonymous wrote:He cut the composition assistants - the ones helping with college essays, with in-class writing, the ones making well below the poverty level. He cut social workers and psychologists. He is on his way to trying to outsource college & career counseling to Worksource Montgomery, a for-profit company.

This is DOGE, MCPS edition.

Taylor is sneaky AF. He didn’t touch any MCEA or teacher positions because he knew parents would mutiny. He went after all sorts of tiny line items on the budget that he counted on people not understanding.

The students in my building deserve college counseling. They deserve social workers. They deserve writing help.

+1. I have a graduating senior so he is not going to be affected but this is awful. I usually am not one to criticize MCPS but they are going way too far. These cuts will hurt tens of thousands of students directly.

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Did every English class have writing assistants?

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Anonymous wrote:He saved the high school media assistants but not the college/career navigators?
Clearly he doesn’t know what people do in high schools.

He’s probably looked at the data. Media centers track every student and staff member who uses the MC daily. In my HS it’s several hundred per day. All day. The MC is never closed unless it was reserved for a special event. No other facility in my HS gets that level of foot traffic. Without the Media Assistant, the MC would need be closed most of the day.