Fresno Unified is closing 19 preschool classes at various locations due to a loss of $7 million in state funding.
The closure is part of the 274 layoffs pending in Fresno Unified as the district faces a current deficit of $77 million and a projected deficit of $59 million for the following year.
Ninteen preschool teachers, 21 resource counselors, along with preschool program managers, paraeducators, are among the certified and classified employees whose positions will be cut at the end of this school year, according to the layoff proposal district staff presented to the governing board Wednesday night…