The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
DeKalb County schools’ superintendent is calling for 148 employees to be laid off.
The reduction in staff is necessary to meet a projected $88 million deficit, Superintendent Crawford Lewis told board members Wednesday morning.
The staff cuts will save the district about $10.7 million, Lewis said.
The cuts will be made in all areas of the central office. The 148 positions represent about 15 percent of the district’s 982 employees in the central office, according to Ramona Tyson, the district’s deputy chief superintendent of business operations.
“It does not target one particular group,” Tyson said. “This is to be fair.”
The district is also looking at furloughs or pay cuts, along with closing schools and cutting programs.
No comments:
Post a Comment