Anonymous
05/12/2026 15:08
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nobody wants to pay even more for a sh%tty school system that threatens to ruin staff summer vacation plans with four months notice as part of some stupid game TT thinks he can play, or refuses to offer any sort of meaningful acceleration for gifted students before middle school.
+1. MCPS is a monster. At some point we have to starve the monster if we're going to bring it to heel. It's not like we're actually getting anything for our money anyway. A cut here and a cut there isn't going to change the quality what we get so long as we're still paying Niki Hazel $250K a year to ruin the school system.
Niki Hazel Porter is a problem as is Thomas Taylor. I worry when I see some of the candidates for the BOE. The current board seems to unconditionally support everything Taylor wants, and I wish we had more people experienced in school advocacy running for the board. We are going to need people who can collectively stand up to Taylor.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 15:01
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
That's a big cut to special education resource teachers (30.5 FTE), especially when it doesn't seem like MCPS has enough of those staff members...
Anonymous
05/12/2026 13:31
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nobody wants to pay even more for a sh%tty school system that threatens to ruin staff summer vacation plans with four months notice as part of some stupid game TT thinks he can play, or refuses to offer any sort of meaningful acceleration for gifted students before middle school.
+1. MCPS is a monster. At some point we have to starve the monster if we're going to bring it to heel. It's not like we're actually getting anything for our money anyway. A cut here and a cut there isn't going to change the quality what we get so long as we're still paying Niki Hazel $250K a year to ruin the school system.
+100000000
Anonymous
05/12/2026 13:30
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
$180M
It could theoretically be up to $180M, but Council staff has recommended cutting "only" $108M so that is probably the ceiling. This document covers how MCPS would absorb $90M in cuts (laying off 850 staff plus cutting everyone's COLAs) but they would need to do more to cover an $108M cut.
It's not a cut. MCPS will get an increased budget next year despite decreasing enrollment.
Ah, you're one of those pedants who pretends that inflation doesn't exist, I take it? Yes, technically it is not a cut in straight dollars. But practically speaking, it is a very large cut.
LOL. No cut to the party budget or the personal credit cards! No cut to the embezzler diesel school bus company! They are getting a massive increase!
$180M is nothing in a $3.74B budget.
Oh shut up. It's idiots like you that lead to hundreds of layoffs and our school system being underfunded. This is absolutely a panic-worthy situation. Even if there was enough in waste to cut to plug this hole (there's not), Central Office wouldn't do anyway and the Board of Ed wouldn't make them, so either way there's going to be tons of cuts unless County Council changes course.
Sorry, not a BOE member.
How does pointing out massive waste lead to layoffs? Please explain.
It wasn't panic-worthy when the Maryland State Board of Education declared the $168,000,000 EV bus contract to have been illegally awarded and the CESO AUDIT paid for by the BOE said the MCPS Transportation Department was near collapse financially? But now suddenly panic!!!!!!!!
How is it you say CO and the BOE won't cut any waste and so now the cuts come from only the Council? How does MCPS Central Office and BOE get a pass on your crisis?
If they didn’t wasted and lose so much they’d have more than enough without cuts and to do much more.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 13:30
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
$180M
It could theoretically be up to $180M, but Council staff has recommended cutting "only" $108M so that is probably the ceiling. This document covers how MCPS would absorb $90M in cuts (laying off 850 staff plus cutting everyone's COLAs) but they would need to do more to cover an $108M cut.
It's not a cut. MCPS will get an increased budget next year despite decreasing enrollment.
Ah, you're one of those pedants who pretends that inflation doesn't exist, I take it? Yes, technically it is not a cut in straight dollars. But practically speaking, it is a very large cut.
LOL. No cut to the party budget or the personal credit cards! No cut to the embezzler diesel school bus company! They are getting a massive increase!
$180M is nothing in a $3.74B budget.
This
Anonymous
05/12/2026 13:29
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
$180M
It could theoretically be up to $180M, but Council staff has recommended cutting "only" $108M so that is probably the ceiling. This document covers how MCPS would absorb $90M in cuts (laying off 850 staff plus cutting everyone's COLAs) but they would need to do more to cover an $108M cut.
It's not a cut. MCPS will get an increased budget next year despite decreasing enrollment.
Ah, you're one of those pedants who pretends that inflation doesn't exist, I take it? Yes, technically it is not a cut in straight dollars. But practically speaking, it is a very large cut.
LOL. No cut to the party budget or the personal credit cards! No cut to the embezzler diesel school bus company! They are getting a massive increase!
$180M is nothing in a $3.74B budget.
Oh shut up. It's idiots like you that lead to hundreds of layoffs and our school system being underfunded. This is absolutely a panic-worthy situation. Even if there was enough in waste to cut to plug this hole (there's not), Central Office wouldn't do anyway and the Board of Ed wouldn't make them, so either way there's going to be tons of cuts unless County Council changes course.
Sorry, not a BOE member.
How does pointing out massive waste lead to layoffs? Please explain.
It wasn't panic-worthy when the Maryland State Board of Education declared the $168,000,000 EV bus contract to have been illegally awarded and the CESO AUDIT paid for by the BOE said the MCPS Transportation Department was near collapse financially? But now suddenly panic!!!!!!!!
How is it you say CO and the BOE won't cut any waste and so now the cuts come from only the Council? How does MCPS Central Office and BOE get a pass on your crisis?
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:55
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Why are there budget cuts? I moved here 5 years ago. My taxes keep going up and all I hear is the public schools is why. I don't even send my kids to the publics because it seems like a chromebook hellscape staffed by people so insistent that preschoolers read trans books against parental consent that they went to the supreme court. Now there are budget cuts? Am I going to be told my taxes are going up again as a result??
In answer to your question, taxes keep going up because MCPS and County Government compensation costs are rising much faster than inflation and taking up more and more of the budget every year.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:53
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Nobody wants to pay even more for a sh%tty school system that threatens to ruin staff summer vacation plans with four months notice as part of some stupid game TT thinks he can play, or refuses to offer any sort of meaningful acceleration for gifted students before middle school.
+1. MCPS is a monster. At some point we have to starve the monster if we're going to bring it to heel. It's not like we're actually getting anything for our money anyway. A cut here and a cut there isn't going to change the quality what we get so long as we're still paying Niki Hazel $250K a year to ruin the school system.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:52
Subject: Re:What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Adam Pagnucco with the e-mails and links: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/05/12/taylor-to-council-please-dont-do-this/
Taylor went after the most vulnerable student cohorts with his cuts - special education and immigrant students who are learning English. Middle schools are taking a hit too.
Wouldn't it be great if Taylor took a symbolic hit on his own salary, say, $60K, to save some lower-paid position?
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:52
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Why are there budget cuts? I moved here 5 years ago. My taxes keep going up and all I hear is the public schools is why. I don't even send my kids to the publics because it seems like a chromebook hellscape staffed by people so insistent that preschoolers read trans books against parental consent that they went to the supreme court. Now there are budget cuts? Am I going to be told my taxes are going up again as a result??
You sound like an idiot. Moco does not seem like the place for you. Check out the eastern shore. You’ll find plenty of ignorant bigots there to spew hate with.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:50
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Why are there budget cuts? I moved here 5 years ago. My taxes keep going up and all I hear is the public schools is why. I don't even send my kids to the publics because it seems like a chromebook hellscape staffed by people so insistent that preschoolers read trans books against parental consent that they went to the supreme court. Now there are budget cuts? Am I going to be told my taxes are going up again as a result??
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:48
Subject: Re:What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Adam Pagnucco with the e-mails and links: https://montgomeryperspective.com/2026/05/12/taylor-to-council-please-dont-do-this/
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:48
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
$180M
It could theoretically be up to $180M, but Council staff has recommended cutting "only" $108M so that is probably the ceiling. This document covers how MCPS would absorb $90M in cuts (laying off 850 staff plus cutting everyone's COLAs) but they would need to do more to cover an $108M cut.
It's not a cut. MCPS will get an increased budget next year despite decreasing enrollment.
Ah, you're one of those pedants who pretends that inflation doesn't exist, I take it? Yes, technically it is not a cut in straight dollars. But practically speaking, it is a very large cut.
LOL. No cut to the party budget or the personal credit cards! No cut to the embezzler diesel school bus company! They are getting a massive increase!
$180M is nothing in a $3.74B budget.
Oh shut up. It's idiots like you that lead to hundreds of layoffs and our school system being underfunded. This is absolutely a panic-worthy situation. Even if there was enough in waste to cut to plug this hole (there's not), Central Office wouldn't do anyway and the Board of Ed wouldn't make them, so either way there's going to be tons of cuts unless County Council changes course.
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:47
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
only if you ignore enrollment declinesAnonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
$180M
It could theoretically be up to $180M, but Council staff has recommended cutting "only" $108M so that is probably the ceiling. This document covers how MCPS would absorb $90M in cuts (laying off 850 staff plus cutting everyone's COLAs) but they would need to do more to cover an $108M cut.
It's not a cut. MCPS will get an increased budget next year despite decreasing enrollment.
Ah, you're one of those pedants who pretends that inflation doesn't exist, I take it? Yes, technically it is not a cut in straight dollars. But practically speaking, it is a very large cut.
Nope. Under state law the Council must approve a budget that meets "maintenance of effort" which means per pupil spending is maintained after accounting for inflation. MCPS is asking for a massive amount over that minimum.
It is not a cut. You can argue they need the massive funding INCREASE they are requesting if you want.
MOE does not account for inflation.
Also MCPS is not asking for a massive amount over last year, it is asking for 5% more. County Council is considering giving them 0-2% more than last year. Inflation is 3.8% over the last year. So it is absolutely a cut in real terms.
yes, it is hard to cut spending, even when enrollment declines. that is why CO are paid the big bucks, to figure it out
Anonymous
05/12/2026 12:40
Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view
Thanks so much for sharing. And it will probably be worse than this, because this list only goes up to $90M in cuts but it looks like Council is planning on cutting $108M.
$180M
It could theoretically be up to $180M, but Council staff has recommended cutting "only" $108M so that is probably the ceiling. This document covers how MCPS would absorb $90M in cuts (laying off 850 staff plus cutting everyone's COLAs) but they would need to do more to cover an $108M cut.
It's not a cut. MCPS will get an increased budget next year despite decreasing enrollment.
Ah, you're one of those pedants who pretends that inflation doesn't exist, I take it? Yes, technically it is not a cut in straight dollars. But practically speaking, it is a very large cut.
LOL. No cut to the party budget or the personal credit cards! No cut to the embezzler diesel school bus company! They are getting a massive increase!
$180M is nothing in a $3.74B budget.