Anonymous
06/22/2026 03:21
Subject: Marshall HS Principal is Retiring
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He is only retiring from FCPS. He will be a principal elsewhere. We can't keep up with salaries. Very sad.
He's been with FCPS for 30 years. I've heard teachers say you lose benefits in FCPS if you keep working there beyond 30 years.
I know several people who have told me that. One was an assistant principal in a high school. One was a language teacher in a high school. The other was a middle school teacher.
All were quality personnel.
Fortunately, my DD benefited because the "retired" language teacher came and taught at her high school for a couple of years until her "time" ran out on how long she could be double dipping.
The AP subbed as an AP in several places.
The middle school teacher also subbed long term and frequently.
All said they would have been foolish not to take the retirement as they were able to make much more money this way--and keep working.
Other districts don't force early retirement like this. In APS many teachers teach 45-plus years, and are honored for their long tenure. Same with MCPS.
It doesn’t sound like anyone is forced, but I’m guessing they don’t get any additional credit towards the pension after 30 years and they allow them to start taking it after that many years, so they take the pension and go to another county to keep working another job.
I am under the impression that they might have changed the policy at some point so that newer teachers might not be as incentivized to take an early retirement and go get another job.
Anonymous
06/21/2026 21:22
Subject: Marshall HS Principal is Retiring
Are the taxpayers still on the hook for his doctoral program if he leaves for Prince William?
Anonymous
06/21/2026 20:33
Subject: Marshall HS Principal is Retiring
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He is only retiring from FCPS. He will be a principal elsewhere. We can't keep up with salaries. Very sad.
He's been with FCPS for 30 years. I've heard teachers say you lose benefits in FCPS if you keep working there beyond 30 years.
I know several people who have told me that. One was an assistant principal in a high school. One was a language teacher in a high school. The other was a middle school teacher.
All were quality personnel.
Fortunately, my DD benefited because the "retired" language teacher came and taught at her high school for a couple of years until her "time" ran out on how long she could be double dipping.
The AP subbed as an AP in several places.
The middle school teacher also subbed long term and frequently.
All said they would have been foolish not to take the retirement as they were able to make much more money this way--and keep working.
Other districts don't force early retirement like this. In APS many teachers teach 45-plus years, and are honored for their long tenure. Same with MCPS.
Anonymous
06/21/2026 16:59
Subject: Re:Marshall HS Principal is Retiring
Anonymous wrote:Were there shenanigans?
There are rumblings of personal shenanigans.
But whatever the alleged shenanigans, the situation has been kept pretty tightly at speculation level.
There is talk. And the announcement coming suddenly after graduation with almost no notice to allow a fanfare sendoff for a principal who has been at the head of the school for over 15 years adds fuel to rumors.