The School District of Palm Beach County has confirmed what many feared — layoffs have started. Seventy-six media clerks are already out of a job, and this may be the beginning of hundreds more.
The cuts are coming to offset a drop in student enrollment and to help fund teacher pay raises approved just last month.
For Tami Slater, Monday’s phone call changed everything. After dedicating 25 years to the district, she thought she had several more years left before retirement…