MCPS Still Striving to Fill Hundreds of Vacant Positions

There are 393 teacher and 422 support staff positions unfilled at Montgomery County Public Schools as of July 7. One third of the open slots are special education positions, according to Christopher Cram, director of communications for MCPS.

The district is actively seeking new hires and is both hosting and visiting job fairs throughout the country and in Puerto Rico, Cram said. MCPS also is visiting colleges and holding virtual hiring sessions, he added.

Teachers have been resigning throughout the school year. A total of 1,070 resigned since the opening of schools in September of 2021. During the previous school year, 775 teachers resigned throughout the school year...

https://www.mymcmedia.org/mcps-still-striving-to-fill-hundreds-of-vacant-positions/

Albornoz ‘Deeply Alarmed’ About Lack of Staffing MCPS Faces Next School Year

Montgomery County Education Association (MCEA) President Jennifer Martin testified in April at a Montgomery County Council budget hearing that 1,443 Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) employees gave notice that they plan to resign or retire.

Council President Gabe Albornoz told MyMCM that the council is “deeply alarmed and will assured the council is supporting MCPS in their recruitment efforts”...

https://www.mymcmedia.org/albornoz-deeply-alarmed-about-lack-of-staff-mcps-faces-next-school-year/

Resignations, retirements are up at MCPS, teachers’ union says

It’s Teacher Appreciation Week, but the head of one education organization says teachers feel undervalued, and many are hitting the door long before retirement.

Jennifer Martin, the president of the Montgomery County Education Association, told reporters that when she visited one school on Tuesday, “One mid-career teacher told me she wouldn’t be back next year.”..

https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2022/05/resignations-retirements-are-up-at-mcps-teachers-union-says/

2013: Calvert County school superintendent leaves a year before contract ends [Jack R. Smith]

June 19, 2013 Calvert County’s schools chief is leaving the Southern Maryland school system of 16,000 students in early August, officials announced Wednesday. Superintendent Jack R. Smith, 55, will step down after seven years in the top job and nearly a year before the end of his second four-year contract, officials said. His departure culminates a 14-year career in Calvert, including three years as deputy superintendent. In a letter to the school community, Smith talked about spending time with a new grandson and “some potential opportunities . . . that look intriguing.”..

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/calvert-county-school-superintendent-leaves-a-year-before-contract-ends/2013/06/19/595d441e-d8f2-11e2-a9f2-42ee3912ae0e_story.html