Schools
Easton School Board to Vote on Slashing Staff
Easton Area School Board may vote Tuesday night to cut up to 43 positions.
As Written by Tom Coombe.
The Easton Area School Board is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a measure that could cut 43 school district employees, including 16 teachers.
If the measure passes, it will be the second year in a row the district has laid off employees in order to balance its budget.
Last month, the school board voted 6-3 for a $134 million budget that was balanced by a 1.7 percent tax increase, $750,000 from the district fund balance, and job cuts.
According to the resolution, the district would cut the following positions:
- One high school French teacher
- One high school Spanish teacher
- One high school special education teacher
- One high school technology education teacher
- One high school family and consumer science teacher
- One high school English as a second language teacher
- One middle school Read 180 teacher, for grades 7 and 8
- One middle school special education teacher, for grades 5 and 6
- One elementary school librarian
- Seven elementary school classroom teachers
The board is scheduled to meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the district offices.
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