FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) _ At least 95 Fort Worth schools employees will be laid off as part of $15.4 million in cuts from next school year’s budget.
School trustees approved the cuts Tuesday night.
Superintendent Melody Johnson said laying off employees was a difficult but necessary move. This year, the district was short about $43 million and faces a $15 million shortfall next year, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
Administrators plan to use seniority to release 40 campus monitors and 44 alternative-school employees. Some monitors will be reassigned.
Trustees also cut funding to the Dunbar Area Community School, which has educated residents since 1973.