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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

Are you from central? Because no. There is ZERO excuse to increase class sizes if we have staff. Once again - you all at central put yourselves first and not students.

We don't have the staff. Or more specifically, we don't have the funding to pay staff.

Take it up with the county council for cutting per pupil spending over the last 20 years.

It’s your kids who will suffer.

I don't disagree, but that's an issue to be addressed with the county council and through future negotiations with MCEA regarding pay/benefits.

I’m not sure why you are here.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

Are you from central? Because no. There is ZERO excuse to increase class sizes if we have staff. Once again - you all at central put yourselves first and not students.

We don't have the staff. Or more specifically, we don't have the funding to pay staff.

Take it up with the county council for cutting per pupil spending over the last 20 years.

It’s your kids who will suffer.

I don't disagree, but that's an issue to be addressed with the county council and through future negotiations with MCEA regarding pay/benefits.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

Are you from central? Because no. There is ZERO excuse to increase class sizes if we have staff. Once again - you all at central put yourselves first and not students.

We don't have the staff. Or more specifically, we don't have the funding to pay staff.

Take it up with the county council for cutting per pupil spending over the last 20 years.

It’s your kids who will suffer.

Anonymous wrote:Honest discussion:

Is MCPS punishing teachers for standing up and calling out the pure rot that was in central? Is this their way of saying to use to never go to the Post again?

There have been budget shortfalls before but never with this extreme a reaction.

Are you a music or art teacher?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

Are you from central? Because no. There is ZERO excuse to increase class sizes if we have staff. Once again - you all at central put yourselves first and not students.

We don't have the staff. Or more specifically, we don't have the funding to pay staff.

Take it up with the county council for cutting per pupil spending over the last 20 years.

Anonymous wrote:It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

I fully believe HR dropped the ball in the way you described. I guess April Key was too busy trying to clumsily cover for the Beidleman mess in public at BOE and Council hearings and harassing Khalid Walker to get projections done.

Anonymous wrote:It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

Are you from central? Because no. There is ZERO excuse to increase class sizes if we have staff. Once again - you all at central put yourselves first and not students.

It's not punishment. It's actually overdue and MCPS HR should have been projecting this problem for a couple of years now. We lost students during the pandemic, but we kept the same number of staff, using ESSR funds to keep them. We've been in a population slump since 2010 (fewer children born each year). The reality is that we need less staff, and it's going to be a slow decline for the next decade. MCPS HR should have been planning and messaging around that all year.

https://www.populationpyramid.net/united-states-of-america/2020/

April Akey also seems ignorant about teacher certification. It’s not just a matter of how many open jobs there are. There will be people without a placement because there won’t be openings in their certification area.

Anonymous wrote:Honest discussion:

Is MCPS punishing teachers for standing up and calling out the pure rot that was in central? Is this their way of saying to use to never go to the Post again?

There have been budget shortfalls before but never with this extreme a reaction.

What do you mean by "this extreme a reaction"?

This is the chief of HR being incompetent and not knowing how to count or balance allocations and also hating unions and thinking she can turn MCPS into her previous district, Clark County, NV one of the worst districts in the country. She shared in a meeting with principals that she wants to transfer teachers again in the fall if there are under enrolled classes. After school has started.

The transfer numbers are no higher than pre-Covid. Prior to 2019 there were hundreds of involuntary transfers each year and everyone got a spot in the end. 2020-2023 didn't have as many because enrollment went down, resignations were up, and ESSER money was coming in so they could afford to keep everyone and hire more.

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Anonymous wrote:No this is the council punishing MCPS leadership for how they handled everything but the teachers are paying for it.

Actually, this is the council not wanting to pay the political price for raising taxes. By the council not raising taxes to fully fund MCPS, the BOE is the group more likely to take the political hit for the cost to the community.

The council has NEVER fully funded MCPs’s request. The council is doing what it has always done. They funded 99% of the ask initially and went back and added more.

In what world is 99% of a budget funding request being met not seen as a win? MCPS is the one behaving differently, not the council.

Anonymous wrote:No this is the council punishing MCPS leadership for how they handled everything but the teachers are paying for it.

Actually, this is the council not wanting to pay the political price for raising taxes. By the council not raising taxes to fully fund MCPS, the BOE is the group more likely to take the political hit for the cost to the community.

No this is the council punishing MCPS leadership for how they handled everything but the teachers are paying for it.

Honest discussion:

Is MCPS punishing teachers for standing up and calling out the pure rot that was in central? Is this their way of saying to use to never go to the Post again?

There have been budget shortfalls before but never with this extreme a reaction.