The South Shore Regional School Board is eliminating 20 teaching positions in the upcoming school year. The majority of positions are being scaled back because of budget cuts by the Department of Education, while five positions were eliminated due to declining student enrolment. Board member Judith Sullivan-Corney says they are optimistic the job losses will be through attrition, not layoffs.
"The superintendent has worked very closely with the principals, so I think we're going to be able to absorb those cuts without layoffs; we're hoping that's where we'll be."
A total of 507.7 full-time equivalent teaching positions have been approved by the board. Those positions include school-based teachers and administrators only. The board is bracing for as high as a $2.7-million cut to its budget for 2012-13.
