VANCOUVER, WASH. (KATU) — Hundreds of people within the Vancouver Public Schools District won’t be back in the classroom next year.
According to the district, they had to balance a $24 million budget deficit. Earlier in March, the Board of Directors approved reductions of nearly 200 full-time staff members for the 2026–27 school year.
“Not all notifications have been administered to every employee group yet, and we are still in discussions with other labor partners about exactly how their contract language will be applied for additional notices that will not be given until next week. Until that is complete, it is not possible to give an exact number of total notices given to all employee groups – although we do believe the total number will be less than 450,” the district spokesperson told KATU via email after declining an on-camera interview…