What does budget malpractice look like?
It looks like what we’re seeing play out in Springfield Public Schools, where 27 teachers were let go last month in a mid-school-year layoff with little precedent.
Painful decisions like position cuts and school closures have become all too common in Oregon, largely driven by declining birth rates that have pushed enrollment numbers down in districts across the state. Personnel costs have risen, too, and COVID-relief funds that propped up school finances for several years have faded…