SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Students at several Grossmont Union High School District schools staged a walkout Tuesday to protest a proposal to cut dozens of jobs in the district that has drawn immense blowback from families and school staff alike.
The plan, which was advanced in a 4-1 vote by the district’s school board last month, would effectively eliminate 61 jobs across the district, including a number of credentialed teachers as well as support staff, administrators and all nine of its full-time librarians.
GUHSD officials say these cuts are necessary to guarantee its long-term financial health, given a $2.2 million deficit this year, additional structural deficits down the line, declining enrollment and uncertainty around future state funding…