The Broward County School Board is scheduled to meet Tuesday to make a final decision on a proposed reorganization plan that would eliminate at least 856 positions across the district.
School district officials say the cuts are part of a larger effort to mitigate decades of declining student enrollment and an $80 million budget shortfall. Of the positions targeted, 353 are currently filled.
The proposal comes after earlier direction from the board for Superintendent Howard Hepburn to cut about 1,000 positions this year, with an extra 500 to 1,000 reductions planned annually over the next two years…