Massachusetts school districts from Boston to Pittsfield are facing budget deficits and weighing educator layoffs, citing millions in spending shortfalls.
Boston officials said 70% of the city’s schools could see staff reductions. The Braintree School Committee supported a plan that would eliminate 33 positions, Andover let go of 34 educators earlier this year and Brookline and Pittsfield are considering hundreds of teacher cuts.
“Roughly 100 staff members, including myself, were notified that they will not have a job, but they must wait until May 15 to receive [formal] notice,” English teacher Samantha Sarantakis told the Braintree School Committee recently. “It is no longer a matter of if you lose talented and dedicated staff, but when.”
