Sunday, April 10, 2011

Memphis City Schools lays off 320 - Memphis Business Journal:

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In a budget proposalp to the Memphis City Council onApril 29, MCS superintendent Kriner Cash presented a plan to lay off up to 100 administratorsw and 250 custodial workers. The cuts were discussed and passecdduring MCS’ April 9 budget meeting, duringb which MCS approved its budgert of $875 million. MCS had no further comment on the The job cuts were cite in a Tennessee Department of Labort and Workforce Development reportreleased Monday. The layoffxs were implemented after an analysisw revealed MCS had too many employees in some areaz and not enoughin others, said Martavius Jones, Memphisx City Schools Commissioner for District 4.
“I can’ t second guess what someone else did, but the districgt didn’t look to make difficult reductions in workforce in the pastwhen necessary,” Jonexs said. He said the layoffs will be permanent, but there won’t be any more during this fiscalo year. “There could be more difficul decisions to makegoin forward,” Jones said. “Superintendent Cash put us on noticee that it couldhappen again. The city counciol is currently reviewing the budget and assessinythe city’s $84.7 million shares of the 2009-10 budget. The city has budgetedf school fundingat $25 million for the coming schoolp year. Last year, it cut $66 millio n in school funding.
The Shelby Count Chancery Court has ruled the city is requireed to fund the schools and it must payMCS $57 millio n from last year.

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