NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — The West Orange School District may be forced to cut 70 or more positions for the 2026-27 school year, as it faces a projected $14 to 15 million budget gap.
“I think it’s best that us as a community come to a realization that we’re in a bad spot,” said Superintendent Hayden Moore during the March 26th Board of Education meeting.
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The district said the only way to balance the budget is to make cuts. Its preliminary budget calls for a minimum of 70 full-time employee cuts, increased class sizes, consolidated courses, and a restructured middle school schedule.
“I’d say this year might be the most extreme we’ve seen in terms of districts spinning their wheels about, how can I handle this,” said Jonathan Pushman, senior director of advocacy for the New Jersey School Boards Association…