Montgomery school for mentally ill slated for staff cuts

Another school for Montgomery County’s most disturbed students is slated for a critical cut to its teaching staff next year, sparking outrage in the community over declining standards of education for the county’s most challenging students.

Rockville’s John L. Gildner Regional Institute for Children and Adolescents, serving students with disorders from bipolarity to schizophrenia, will likely lose five of its 31 teachers and one of its three supervisors responsible for ensuring the specialized needs of the school’s 112 students.