During the Carroll County Public Schools FY27 budget work session, Superintendent Doctor McCabe walked the board through a detailed, year‑by‑year list of staffing and program reductions dating from FY09 to FY19.

McCabe described deep, systemwide reductions across central office, school‑based and support roles: community learning centers, teachers, assistant principals, custodians, media clerks, counselors, recess monitors, transportation staff and reductions to maintenance and utilities funding. "It's been many years, and not everyone was involved for all of those years," McCabe said as he reviewed the cuts, and he urged the board to consider the human impact: "These are all people. These are all positions. These are all programs that our students and our staff benefited from."

Key figures and examples presented by staff included multi‑year teacher reductions (years with 10–55 teacher positions cut in various years), a FY16 school‑closure‑driven savings of roughly 55.2 FTE and an estimated $5 million in that year from building cost savings. The superintendent underscored that past use of hiring turnover, reductions to central office budgets and temporary fund balance transfers had already been employed to sustain operations.

Board members and staff said those prior reductions remove many low‑harm options for further savings. "There are no easy cuts anymore," McCabe said. The presentation framed FY27 decisions as choices that will likely affect classrooms, support staff and student services unless state or county funding changes materially.

Next steps: The board will revisit these historical impacts as staff develops FY27 expenditure scenarios for the December sessions, with additional detail and visual materials planned for further public discussion.