More than 400 positions across Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) could disappear under a proposal the state’s Board of Education will consider June 4.
“The proposed cuts come as MCPS faces a reported $36 million budget shortfall, despite what officials describe as record overall funding for the upcoming fiscal year,” reported the local ABC affiliate.
The district, which ranks as one of the largest nationwide, enrolled about 155,500 students in the 2025-26 school year.
“Among the positions under consideration are counselors, social workers and family engagement staff,” the ABC affiliate wrote. “Those roles have drawn the most concern from parents and school staff, who said they are already stretched thin in addressing student behavioral and mental health needs.”
Some of these roles were funded through federal aid after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the district.
“The budget debate is also reviving scrutiny of how MCPS has managed spending in recent years,” journalists noted, citing an inspector general report where more than $1 million in spending “exceeded procurement limits without required Board of Education approval.”
