Overview
- Trustees adopted three reduction packages spanning school services, the central office and contracts, increasing central-office cuts from $3.6 million to $5.1 million.
- The board removed cuts to Career Technical Education and scaled back athletics reductions after public pushback, and a petition surpassed 1,000 signatures.
- Affected roles include librarians, counselors, teachers, community assistants, security officers, bilingual aides, custodial staff and some administrators.
- District leaders say implementation begins in December with reduction notices in March and a July budget reflecting roughly $30 million in total reductions.
- Thursday’s action advances a three‑year plan to trim about $83 million, and county education officials are requiring an updated stabilization plan with the district’s first interim fiscal report.