More than 3,800 jobs may be cut in Philadelphia district
From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Philadelphia officials say the school district may have to shed 3,820 employees – 16 percent of its workforce – and is planning for more painful cuts, including losing full-day kindergarten,. At a hearing on the district’s $2.7 billion budget, Chief Financial Officer Michael Masch told the School Reform Commission that to close a $629 million gap, the district must also make painful trims in areas ranging from gifted and alternative education to transportation and counselors. Class sizes will go up; individual school budgets will go down.
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