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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's a big deal. It's not like every school is the same commute or administration. It can impact a family, before care, after care, and so many other things. These placements should be determined in the spring, not one month before returning to work. If MCPS doesn't want to lose more teachers, they should be considerate. Ask for volunteers. Allow for these teachers to resign without prejudice so they can go to another county (if desired). Follow the staffing guidelines set forth each year. Anyone saying it's not a big deal have no idea how this can become a huge issue for teachers. [/quote]

There are schools where projected enrollments can differ a lot from actual enrollment. The county needs the flexibility to be able to move teachers around. All this bellyaching just makes it seem like teachers and the teacher's union don't care about kids. If a teacher doesn't like the policy they are welcome to leave.[/quote]

Teacher here. Yes it is a big deal, and yes it is also necessary. We are coming off of 20 years of steadily increasing enrollment, and haven't faced this particular situation before (unpredictable enrollment and nationwide teacher shortages), at least not at this scale. The contract still has language from when they were closing schools in the 70s and 80s. There was something about the process in the MOU, and clearly this is something that needs to be negotiated for more general circumstances. For example, they could do an end of June review and identify high priority open jobs and schools/subjects that are staffing heavy to allow the opportunity for voluntary transfers before the mid-July deadline for resigning and end of transfer season. Then by end of July, they could determine involuntary school transfers/placements. After that, it becomes an internal school decision to sort out coverage and any section changes.

It is what it is right now - screaming about it doesn't help. But it's not like this problem will vanish in the next few years - teacher shortages are going to grow worse. This year is the time to negotiate about the process for next summer.[/quote]

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