School District Eyes Three-Day Year Reduction; More Cuts on Horizon
In an effort to trim operating costs by $14.1 million for the 2010-2011 school year, the Folsom Cordova Unified School District has tentatively agreed to cut the school year by three days, Superintendent Pat Godwin said Thursday.
By implementing the school year reduction, the school district will be able to rescind layoff notices for approximately 20 employees of the district, a tentative agreement with thr Folsom Cordova Education Association said. The school district had original sent out 92 preliminary layoff notices in March, but with the school year reduction the number of layoffs has been reduced to 77. A three-day work reduction amounts to a 3 percent salary cut for remaining employees, Godwin said.
The agreement would also allow the district to restore middle school electives and keep class sizes small in first and second grade classes.
Members of the education association will vote on the tentative agreement between May 20 and May 27, and ratification results will be available May 29. The school year reduction requires 55 percent approval by the association’s members before it will be ratified.
“The agreement with FCEA (if approved by the membership) will allow us to address the