Eugene 4J School District leaders say they may need to cut an additional $10 million to $20 million from next year’s budget in order to close a far larger than anticipated shortfall.
The 4J School Board already authorized Superintendent Miriam Mickelson to eliminate up to 269 jobs and scale back programs across the district; a $30 million reduction. District leaders now say those cuts likely won’t be enough.
“This news will understandably create anxiety for our staff and families, and we wish we had more to share now,” Mickelson said in the Thursday announcement. “We wanted to be as transparent as possible and let people know what we might be dealing with as soon as we knew what these recent projections could mean.”…