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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-teacher-resignations-retirements-up-38-in-past-school-year

[i]More than 1,000 Montgomery County Public Schools teachers resigned or retired in the last year, a 38% increase from the year prior, according to district data.

Concerns about teacher burnout increased as stressors caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic escalated over the past year, such as addressing missed learning during online classes and also a rise in behavior and mental health problems among students, as well as losing planning time to cover classes for absent teachers.

Madeline Hanington — an MCPS recruitment specialist, former MCPS Teacher of the Year and Milken Educator Award winner — said the district recently created an “internal referral program” for employees to recommend people who are interested in working for MCPS.

“I wish I could tell you guaranteed we’re going to fill this all up and it’s going to be great,” Hanington said. “But we’re working hard and we’re going to do our best.”[/i]

I’m not surprised Dr Sirgo is leaving. There is no question MCPS lost some of their best this year, and I don’t think it’s because people’s promotions were blocked. No one expects to agree with everything their leadership feels or does, but generally people don’t stay places unless they work with people whose values are more or less compatible. I suspect there was a mismatch there for Dr Sirgo. Perhaps her hands were tied and she couldn’t see a way forward that was consistent with her priorities. I do see people in MCPS repeatedly get blocked for promotions, but generally those people not only have failings, like a poor work ethic or theyre a screamer, they also have a blind spot about their weaknesses. Those people tend to stick around and keep trying. Hey, if they stay long enough and enough people leave, this might be their big chance!

Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy year.[/quote]

Looks like they lost hope and are tired of incompetent leadership at the central office and lack of support for the teachers and students. [/quote]

I've seen this pattern before.  The people who are valuable and can get other jobs leave, and what's left gets worse and worse.  The board of education needs to be voted out and McKnight replaced as soon as possible.[/quote]

Because a school system is basically a monopoly it is very easy to get a career block once you miss out on a promotion.  The only way to get around it is to change school systems.   It is very, very common for administrators in central office to change school systems.  Many will come back to MCPS for various reasons.   Many of the current admin came back from other counties after getting started in MCPS.

Your "sinking ship" version of events doesn't match what I have observed as a teacher.  FYI, I am not a McKnight fan, but the constant complaints against her seem unreasonable at times.[/quote]

I’m not surprised Dr Sirgo is leaving. There is no question MCPS lost some of their best this year, and I don’t think it’s because people’s promotions were blocked. No one expects to agree with everything their leadership feels or does, but generally people don’t stay places unless they work with people whose values are more or less compatible. I suspect there was a mismatch there for Dr Sirgo. Perhaps her hands were tied too often and she couldn’t see a way forward that would be consistent with her priorities. I do see people in MCPS repeatedly get blocked for promotions, but generally those people not only have failings, like a poor work ethic or they're a screamer, but they also have a blind spot about their weaknesses. Those guys, and they’re usually men, tend to stick around and keep trying. Hey, if they stay long enough and enough people leave, this might be their big chance![/quote]

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