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

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

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

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is incredibly sad.  I can't believe they're cutting social workers and english assistants of all things...cut the SSL processors![/quote]

They're cutting HS college and career navigators, which just means kids whose parents can afford a private college counselor will continue to navigate the increasingly complicated college application/financial aid system just fine while those who can't afford it will be left behind with no one to guide them. So much for equity. [/quote] I’m surprised TT would cut a job that supports many first generation future college students, immigrants, and FARMS kiddos getting into college and getting ahead in life. I guess the equity office doesn’t advise the superintendent. Here’s my advice to him -don’t cut this job if you care about equity. He didn’t even need to pay me a six figure salary for that. You’re welcome. [/quote]

I'm no Taylor fan, but if you have to make cuts college and career counselors seem like a luxury. Information about the college application process (which isn't that complicated as most colleges) is freely available online. We didn't have anything like that when I was in high school and we all managed just fine even though private college counselor wasn't a job that existed in our community.[/quote]

College counselor here. The CCN does a lot of work to make it possible for the kids to apply to college, like transmitting documents and scheduling college representatives visiting the school. These tasks will now fall on the overworked counselors.[/quote]

In the 90s I got pretty much zero help from anyone at our school when it came to applying for college.  Except for written recommendations from teachers.  I'm not saying these positions don't have value but if I could figure out how to apply when the internet was in its infancy, then today's students can too.[/quote]

I will admit the Common App seems to make the application process easier but the most valuable service the CCN provides is financial aid assistance and scholarship tracking.  That is a difficult and confusing process that many kids will just be left out of without a CCN.  [/quote]

Can you describe what financial aid and scholarship tracking is?

Is that forwarding emails about open scholarship opportunities? [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics