Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 15:42     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
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Anonymous wrote:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.


Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math.


Except this is about workload. The workload gets more demanding every year and MCPS leadership seems to ignore this issue. If you want to start a thread on math proficiency, I'm sure many math teachers will explain how MCPS pushes kids onto the next level before they master the basics as well describe how attention has declined thanks to nonstop cell phone usage, which starts at younger ages every year.


This is a thread about budget costs. Compensation makes up 90% of the budget so to suggest this isn't about compensation is beyond absurd


How stupid to think the 10% shouldn’t even be touched.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 15:37     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter is a rising senior and our one college counselor for 2500 students sent an email and said no one can contact her. She has to finalize other stuff before her job is finished.

Her regular counselor is new this year and completely clueless.

And no more social workers?

High schools NEED social workers, police officers and college counselors. Not one. Multiple. MCPS just does not care.

Get rid of ALL the extra programs first. ALL OF THEM before you take away basic needs for all the students.

High schools need


They can't keep all the positions if they keep increasing compensation by more than what revenues are increasing. That is basic math.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 15:11     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
My daughter is a rising senior and our one college counselor for 2500 students sent an email and said no one can contact her. She has to finalize other stuff before her job is finished.

Her regular counselor is new this year and completely clueless.

And no more social workers?

High schools NEED social workers, police officers and college counselors. Not one. Multiple. MCPS just does not care.

Get rid of ALL the extra programs first. ALL OF THEM before you take away basic needs for all the students.

High schools need
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 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:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.


Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math.


Except this is about workload. The workload gets more demanding every year and MCPS leadership seems to ignore this issue. If you want to start a thread on math proficiency, I'm sure many math teachers will explain how MCPS pushes kids onto the next level before they master the basics as well describe how attention has declined thanks to nonstop cell phone usage, which starts at younger ages every year.


This is a thread about budget costs. Compensation makes up 90% of the budget so to suggest this isn't about compensation is beyond absurd
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 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:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.


Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math.


And MCPS keeps being forced to take on more of the state’s portion.


Yes, the State stopped paying for Taylor's swag! How rude!
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 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:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.


Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math.


And MCPS keeps being forced to take on more of the state’s portion.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 14:59     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:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.


Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math.


Except this is about workload. The workload gets more demanding every year and MCPS leadership seems to ignore this issue. If you want to start a thread on math proficiency, I'm sure many math teachers will explain how MCPS pushes kids onto the next level before they master the basics as well describe how attention has declined thanks to nonstop cell phone usage, which starts at younger ages every year.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 14:45     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:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.


Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 14:44     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:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.[/quote
Compensation costs are increasing faster than county revenues. If you can't see why that's a problem it is no wonder so many kids are graduating not proficient in math
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 14:38     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:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


So was this comment: "With approximately 90% of our budget composed of people (our teammates), there are really only two places for us to seriously consider making reductions to balance our budget - it must either come from the number of people we employ or the wages and benefits we use to compensate our hard working team."

They won't cut positions. The staff will have to make sacrifices only to be treated like shit and have MCPS ignore the timeline to reinstate wages, just like last time.


If they cut wages and benefits from SEIU staff, many would leave. Wages are very low as it is and if we get our benefits cut, I would leave in a heartbeat.


I really hate that every year we are expected to do more with less. If they freeze wages and increase benefit costs, we will still have to do even more. MCPS just piles more and more on its employees without recognizing that their goals are unattainable and not worth the compensation.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 14:22     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
1 admin gets paid 2-4 times as much as a teacher and does half the work. That means 1 admin = 8x productivity if they put that salary into teachers instead of the people that make teachers lives hell. Admin positions can be run by AI as it's all just scheduling and confirmation. AI is not incentized to fraud data, ignore reports on violence, and would be unbiased to support teacher careers. Admins can go back to teaching this supporting students which is what their job used to be before it was coercing teacher to do dirty work.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 13:35     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:The only daily, direct, classroom-based, student instructional support position being cut is English composition assistants. There are 39 of us. I wish they'd cut our hours, or make it so there's only 1 in each high school, or something like that! We'd give up our COLA. The kids need our support! It's super sad to think that the kids who I've developed relationships with over the last several years won't have it next year. I have helped so many kids with their college essays - first gen, kids who don't understand the whole process.


Why on earth would they do that? Writing instruction is so poor at MCPS as it is. My MS 8th grader doesn't even write essays--it seems to be all auto-graded multiple choice tests for English.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 13:31     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
The only daily, direct, classroom-based, student instructional support position being cut is English composition assistants. There are 39 of us. I wish they'd cut our hours, or make it so there's only 1 in each high school, or something like that! We'd give up our COLA. The kids need our support! It's super sad to think that the kids who I've developed relationships with over the last several years won't have it next year. I have helped so many kids with their college essays - first gen, kids who don't understand the whole process.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 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:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


Can you share?


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SR33EiR27m5qStdTL7TfeFWHHt9Gt7FC


Has anyone been able to compare this new list to the first two pages of the old list (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view) and see what changed?

On a quick skim it looks like most of the media assistants were saved? Any other major changes?


Maybe professional learining?
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2026 13:28     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:The updated list was just sent to MCPS employees.


Can you share?


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SR33EiR27m5qStdTL7TfeFWHHt9Gt7FC


Has anyone been able to compare this new list to the first two pages of the old list (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view) and see what changed?

On a quick skim it looks like most of the media assistants were saved? Any other major changes?