More than 400 school jobs are planned to be cut by the Montgomery County Public Schools superintendent in order to make up for funding they did not get in the fiscal year 2027 budget. Among the planned job cuts are school social workers, who MCM spoke with earlier this month when large-scale staff reductions were first introduced.
Ultimately — after a delayed council vote — MCPS is getting a $143 million increase in their budget, but it is $36 million less than what the school system wanted.
“Social workers are more than just a line item to be cut, we are the lifeline that students reach out to when the weight of the world becomes too heavy of a burden for them to carry,” said John Robertson, social worker at Seneca Valley High School in Germantown.
Some other proposed cuts include school psychologists, college-career navigators and English class assistants.
Now, MCPS is offering retirement incentives to help lower the job cuts.
