Denver Public Schools on Thursday laid off 38 of its nearly 3,000 administrative workers, including employees who provide critical support and resources to homeless students, according to a memo Superintendent Alex Marrero distributed Friday.
Slashing those positions, eight of which are vacant, will save the district about $5 million each year starting during the 2025-26 school year.
“We are facing great uncertainty compounded by significant concerns for our future funding from both the state and national levels,” Marrero wrote in his memo. “This all comes on top of a period of declining birth rates and lower enrollment across our city and the nation. These challenges require us to make difficult decisions to ensure our district’s long-term stability and success.”…