Layoff notices will go to hundreds of Oakland school workers to trim budget
Hundreds of Oakland school clerks, library workers and other staff will receive layoff notices in coming weeks as the school district grapples with the expense of the contract concessions that settled the seven-day teachers strike this month, the school board has decided.
The layoffs of 257 “full-time equivalent” positions are part of a $22 million cut from next year’s budget.
“We don’t want to lose anybody, but we have to make choices and deal with the current financial situation,” school district spokesman John Sasaki said Saturday.
Exactly how many people will lose jobs is unclear. School districts in California often send layoff notices to employees as a legal requirement while drawing up budget plans, and many of those employees wind up being retained when the final budgets are approved.
Among the positions on the district’s chopping block are two dozen security officers, 22 kindergarten reading tutors, 20 “restorative justice” discipline officers and scores of clerks, receptionists, college application coaches, library technicians and others.
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