Thread regarding City of Scranton layoffs

19 mil budget deficit - not good

SCRANTON -- There was yelling, and at times, insults hurled at a Scranton School District Budget and Finance meeting Thursday night.

School board directors got a look at a tentative budget plan, which includes laying off 89 people.

"We're very upset, I have teachers calling every day, they're coming in to see the seniority list. They're coming in, they just want to see if they're going to have a job, they don't know,” said Rosemary Boland, president of the teachers union.

School directors are scrambling to approve the budget by the end of the year.

They are trying to close a nearly $19 million budget deficit.

More cuts will follow...