Close to 140 full-time Jefferson County School District employees will be unemployed when summer arrives. Ninety of those eliminated positions will be due to vacancies and current or pending retirements, according to a Dec. 18 community update from the district.
Between December 15-17, approximately 50 central service employees learned they were among those to be let go before the 2026-27 school year. Remaining personnel cuts will be made at individual schools.
Superintendent Tracy Dorland, reading from a prepared statement at the Dec. 18 school board meeting, said the district is “in the midst of very challenging budget reductions necessary to stabilize the district’s financial future.”…