Rockford Public Schools cuts over 100 positions amid $15 million deficit

Rockford Public Schools is cutting over 100 positions as they deal with a $15 million budget deficit.

RPS Superintendent Ehren Jarrett says costs have gone up a lot over the past few years. The district also increased social emotional support coming out of the pandemic.

“Unfortunately, that’s how you go from a budget surplus to a budget deficit pretty quickly,” he said. “And unfortunately, the only way to get ahead of this was to cut back on some staff.”…

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