Overview
- The draft trims $142 million across categories that include $44 million from central-office reorganization, $41 million from supplemental programs, $13 million from operations and transportation, $9 million from contracts and subscriptions, and $5 million from facilities, with another $30 million pending negotiations.
- Nearly $33 million of the supplemental reductions target needs-index funding and school-based academic instructional coaches that support high-need students and classroom instruction.
- JCPS proposes shifting instructional coaches from individual schools to a central-office pool that would be deployed to campuses as needed.
- The revised reconfiguration plan would relocate Liberty High to the Gheens Early Childhood Center at Louisville Male, keep the TAPP program in its building, merge King Elementary into Maupin, and close Zachary Taylor Elementary.
- District leaders say the cuts address a projected $188 million shortfall, while a board member calls the changes necessary and a former employee warns the reductions could disrupt schools.