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[quote=Anonymous]I worked at MCPS for a brief period too.  So you might want to consider my comments as coming from a disgruntled former employee and I don't know how much things have changed.

But MCPS was one of the very few places that I've been where people acted like six figure salaries were the norm and expected to get a raise for doing the exact same thing year after year.

So there is essentially a high cap on salaries and a lot of administrative assistants/secretaries that make around $70k.  There is also a group of people who were brought in by nepotism, where they had parents that worked there and brought them in.  So they stayed, brought other people in, etc.

Since the raises are pretty much guaranteed a lot of people, including some management, have the point of view of making sure that their job was to keep everything exactly the same and to not rock the boat.  Some of these people didn't do too well when there were unavoidable changes.

Don't get me wrong.  There are a lot of incredibly hardworking and dedicated people in MCPS.  But I think they're often undermined by the bigger culture there.

But taking my opinion of the average salaries there, seeing the positions listed in the article and taking into account that Montgomery County is one of the largest and wealthiest counties in the area, along with a wide range of demographics, I don't necessarily see the top salaries listed as unexpected or unreasonable.  A lot of comments/complaints I see about central office roles/employees seem to come from people who don't really understand how school systems work and think that schools can operate in their own silos.

Also to the previous poster that went to central office for the job interview and liked the facilities, I assume that they went to Calhoun or West Gude drive for their interview.  I think the majority of central office is still located at the Carver Building (CESC) which was originally an all black only high school and junior college and is designated as a historical building. (https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/carver/)  So the facility is very old and I wouldn't consider very nice.

Anyways my point is that yes MCPS does have a very bloated and inefficient organization but at the same time it shouldn't be as vilified as much as it is on here sometimes.[/quote]

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