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Superintendent and finance director say layoffs are not planned as district faces enrollment decline
Summary
District leaders told the board they have not discussed teacher layoffs, described attrition and retirements as the first strategy for reductions, and explained enrollment-driven revenue declines and a projected 2.4% reduction in state revenue.
Superintendent Dr. Swan and finance director Keith Lawson told the Burke County Board of Education that the district has not discussed layoffs as part of its budget planning and that steps are being taken to avoid teacher layoffs.
Dr. Swan said the district is seeing an enrollment decline of about 300 students that will reduce revenue because state funding is paid in arrears. He described two separate funding impacts and contested media…
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