Politics

40 School Jobs Gone

Mike Paulus |

OK, so last night, the School Board slashed over 40 jobs and made a bunch of drastic-ish tweaks to save a grand total of $2 million, fight against the following year’s looming $4.1 million budget deficit. From WEAU.com ...

  • It was a packed house at district headquarters; many of the people in the audience wore yellow to show their support for the 35 support staff and school assistants whose jobs were on the line. The majority of those in yellow filed out shortly after the board voted six to one to cut the positions and also to cut five custodians and one maintenance worker. Board President Carol Craig apologized to the crowd as they walked out the door. The president of the classified support staff says she's in shock over the cuts.

Apologizing to people as walk out the door is never a good sign. For a full run down of what got cut, that WEAU.com story has a detailed list.