DOE To Present Grim Staffing Plan But Says Teacher Layoffs Are A ‘Last Resort’…The Department of Education will present the schools’ proposed reorganization plans to the state Board of Education on Thursday.
Consolidated classrooms, no security guards and the disappearance of Hawaiian studies programs: these are the kinds of cuts Hawaii public schools may be facing if a new round of federal relief or emergency state funds doesn’t come through.
At least 1,300 school-level positions, including nearly 800 teachers, librarians and counselors, and 48 school administrator slots, could disappear by June under the state Department of Education’s proposed reorganization plan, which is to be presented to the Board of Education on Thursday.
