Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)’s three unions, Service Employees International Union Local 500, Montgomery County Association of Administrators and Principals and the Montgomery County Education Association, jointly commend Councilmember Will Jawando’s commitment to honoring our employee contracts and providing funding to advance our community’s school priorities.
We are also deeply concerned about Council President Natali Fani-Gonzalez’s proposed funding plan that balances the County’s budget on the backs of hardworking students and county employees and would result in the County reneging on its commitments to MCPS educators, educator support professionals, county employees, students and their families.
“Educators rely on the contractual commitments that are made to them — they make everyday and long-term decisions based on these commitments. We are discouraged that the Council President’s plan proposes violating those commitments,” MCEA president David Stein said…