Pierce County’s largest school district has cut scores of staff positions and displaced dozens of other staff as it contends with a $30 million budget deficit.
Tacoma Public Schools said in a statement May 16 that the district did not renew the contracts for 105 provisional employees for the 2025-2026 school year. District officials also made changes “that directly impacted 118 education support professionals and 30 office professionals/professional technical staff,” but the district’s statement did not say what the change entailed. The district will continue to implement program cuts and displace staff until June 13, according to the statement.
“Unfortunately, the changes made to date do not get us to a balanced budget for the 2025-26 school year,” the statement reads. “We still have more work to do.”…