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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Some MCPS schools, including my DC's, seem to have too many teachers[/b]. It's sounding like the schools with the good principals don't have as many staffing issues?

Also, many former MCPS students have gone elsewhere due to the in-person school closures.

So would be curious which schools are the ones with all these unfilled positions.[/quote]

Why does it seem that way to you?[/quote]

Classrooms with only about 11 or so students[/quote]

That seems really low, even for a Title 1 school[/quote]

I'd be curious what grade- our Focus school was very imbalanced this year.  Kindergarten classes all had 20+ students but some of the 1st-3nd grade classes were <15.[/quote]

That's strange. Principals can move teachers within their school to a different grade level to prevent these imbalances. Unless a a high number of the 1st and 2nd graders withdrew after the school year began?[/quote]

There's been a surplus at a lot of schools since enrollment went down. [/quote]
If you say so. Not my experience.[/quote]

Anecdotally, this has only been true in wealthy single family neighborhoods where people are retiring in place and young families that do move in are having fewer children.   The rest of the county has been growing.[/quote]

Strange, the thread here a week or so ago claimed enrollment was way DOWN and people were leaving droves for private. I don't so how both of these things can be true.[/quote]

Enrollment plummeted in 2020 due to virtual. [b]It increased last year[/b].

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That's untrue.

STUDENT LOSS:
"In the 2019-20 school year, the MCPS enrollment grew by more than 2,700, the largest one-year increase in more than a decade. The MCPS enrollment has grown by more than 11,000 students since 2010, solidifying the school district as one of the largest in the country."  https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-enrollment-down-more-than-2000-students-through-first-week-of-school/

2019: "The official Montgomery County Public Schools enrollment for September 30, 2019 is 165,267 students.  This number is 1,138 students more than the projected enrollment of 164,129, and 2,587 more than last year's enrollment."

2020: "The official Montgomery County Public Schools prekindergarten–Grade 12 enrollment for September 30, 2020, is 160,564 students.  This number is 4,186 students less than the projected enrollment of 164,750, and 4,703 less than last year's enrollment of 165,267 students."
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/detail.aspx?id=1527

2021: "The official Montgomery County Public Schools enrollment for September 30, 2021, is 158,232 students.  This number is 6,518 students less than the projected enrollment of 164,750, and 2,332 less than last year's enrollment of 160,564 students." https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/detail.aspx?id=1536

More MCPS data:
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/detail.aspx?id=1536
https://ww2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/sharedaccountability/reports/2021/OfficialEnrollment_2022.pdf

If you put all these numbers together, this is what student enrollment looks like over time:
2019 Sep 30 - 165,267
2019 Dec - 166,000+
2020 Sep 7 - 162,656
2020 Sep 30 - 160,564
2021 Sep 30 - 158,232

STAFF LOSS:
https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcps-faces-teacher-shortage-for-next-school-year/
According to this other article, up to 973 teachers indicated they would resign or retire in 2022.  At the end of the 21-22 School Year, there were 668 teachers indicated they would resign or retire, and as of June 13, 2022, there were still 581 unfilled teaching positions from last year.

SUMMARY:
These past two years MCPS shrunk by about 8,850 students (6'ish percent?) and lost about 1,641'ish teachers (7'ish percent?) overall.[/quote]

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