Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 20:19     Subject: Re:What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
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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?


I agree that he went after the most vulnerable, but the financial problem is that the most vulnerable populations are a greater portion of the whole than they have ever been. 20% of all students are English language learners and 15% receive special education services. It’s very expensive.


Plus these groups are very expensive to educate and take up most of the money


They are more expensive tow educate but it is absolutely not "most of the money."
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 20:17     Subject: Re:What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:
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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?


I agree that he went after the most vulnerable, but the financial problem is that the most vulnerable populations are a greater portion of the whole than they have ever been. 20% of all students are English language learners and 15% receive special education services. It’s very expensive.


Plus these groups are very expensive to educate and take up most of the money
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 20:05     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:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view


Thanks for posting this. I have no idea! Wow.

When will they decide on this?



The budget vote is 5/21 which will determine how much has to be cut. And then MCPS/Board of Ed will decide June 4th whether they make exactly these cuts or different ones.


And I think we can assume that MCPS is going to cut exactly these positions if the council votes to cut the budget. Taylor already has his eye on these particular budget line items.

Unless people speak up, it’s looking that way. I don’t think anyone who works directly with students should lose their job.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:53     Subject: Re:What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
The CCN positions can easily be reduced to 0.5. My kid goes to his counselor for college applications.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:53     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Just imagine how moco taxes are going to skyrocket after this.
And that is why so many mcps central office employees live outside of Montgomery county.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:46     Subject: Re:What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:
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?


I agree that he went after the most vulnerable, but the financial problem is that the most vulnerable populations are a greater portion of the whole than they have ever been. 20% of all students are English language learners and 15% receive special education services. It’s very expensive.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:42     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Sadly Montgomery County has done this to itself.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:36     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view


Thanks for posting this. I have no idea! Wow.

When will they decide on this?


The budget vote is 5/21 which will determine how much has to be cut. And then MCPS/Board of Ed will decide June 4th whether they make exactly these cuts or different ones.


And I think we can assume that MCPS is going to cut exactly these positions if the council votes to cut the budget. Taylor already has his eye on these particular budget line items.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:29     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 for posting this. I have no idea! Wow.

When will they decide on this?


The budget vote is 5/21 which will determine how much has to be cut. And then MCPS/Board of Ed will decide June 4th whether they make exactly these cuts or different ones.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:28     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:I am confused by the Principal, School Business Administrator, and Athletic Director positions for Crown. Is it because these positions will be taken over by Wootton? If so, shouldn’t there be more Crown positions?


Those were the only ones set to be hired the year before opening, which is the budget year in question. But yes, now that there will be no Crown, there is no need for those positions this coming year.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:10     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
so disappointed in this county and council.

the MCPS budget is almost $4B, fewer students, worse testing, more crime.

dems ruin everything
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:08     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:I am confused by the Principal, School Business Administrator, and Athletic Director positions for Crown. Is it because these positions will be taken over by Wootton? If so, shouldn’t there be more Crown positions?



Yes. No need for new admin when they are just going to use the Wootton admin. That’s not a cut of anything.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:05     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
I am confused by the Principal, School Business Administrator, and Athletic Director positions for Crown. Is it because these positions will be taken over by Wootton? If so, shouldn’t there be more Crown positions?
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:01     Subject: What are the list of MCPS positions set to be laid off (assuming the budget cuts go through)?
Anonymous wrote:It's pretty much public: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OA8HANnsPlM7-xyvfma4H_0nRLQRYaKo/view


Thanks for posting this. I have no idea! Wow.

When will they decide on this?
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2026 19:00     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: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?


No kidding, and when people try to post smaller expenditures that are wasteful, they are attacked here. Guess what, a million here and a million there add up to larger amounts that could be used here. Looking at you, mugs and printed logo bags thread.