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Counselors, social workers ask AACPS board to fund more positions and pay parity
Summary
School counselors and social workers testified that current caseloads and pay disparities harm students’ mental health services and urged the board to fully fund 3.5 elementary counselor positions, create pay parity for social workers and adopt National Board salary incentives for counselors.
School counselors and social workers urged the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Board of Education to fund additional positions, correct pay inequities and adopt recruitment incentives in the superintendent’s FY2026 budget.
Christine Smith, a school social worker of 20 years, told the board she speaks for "the 65 hardworking AACPS school social workers who are requesting salary parity for our profession," and said surrounding jurisdictions pay social workers on the same…
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