County clamps down on school hires in effort to shore up historic shortfall

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Under a hiring freeze announced Monday, only select Montgomery County Public Schools’ vacant teaching positions will be filled for the rest of the school year.

In a seven-page memo sent to the Board of Education and staff members, Superintendent Jerry D. Weast said that vacant regular teaching positions will be filled by long-term substitutes and that all other vacancies — excluding “essential” administrative staff, bus operators, principals and special education instructors — will be frozen unless otherwise approved.

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