Overview
- After a previously approved 30-school-day pause was deemed unlawful, the district is proceeding with staff reductions to address the deficit.
- Layoffs will affect teachers, paraprofessionals and administrators, with five additional vacancies left unfilled through retirements.
- Notifications are scheduled for Monday, Nov. 10, and the district has not specified when the affected employees will leave their jobs.
- Superintendent Jeffrey Szymaniak accepted responsibility for payroll oversight and misaligned budget projections identified after the former business manager resigned.
- The teachers union passed a no-confidence vote in senior leadership, and the school committee formed a budget subcommittee as parents and members continue to demand fuller financial data.