One month after declaring a fiscal exigency, the School District 49 Board of Education on Thursday night approved staff and program cuts across the board as part of ongoing efforts to fill a multimillion-dollar budget gap during their regular meeting.
Thirty-nine staff positions were eliminated as part of the board’s consent agenda and 12 teaching contracts were later approved for nonrenewal. The dates of the positions expiring range from the end of March to the end of June.
Ahead of approving the cuts as part of their consent agenda, one teacher, his students and district parents implored the board members reconsider…