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DPI: School Districts Cut 2312 Positions in 2011-12
By Wisconsin School Administrators Alliance staff | April 19, 2012
A statement from the agency said school job reductions were up 50 percent over cuts in the previous academic year, and that 1,446 of the cuts were teaching positions — more than 60 percent of the overall reductions.
The report also said nearly three-quarters of districts — 315 out of 424 in the state — reduced staff year to year.
The DPI statement attributed the increased reductions to “historically high cuts to education funding” in the latest state budget, forcing districts already facing revenue caps or declining enrollment to make deeper staffing cuts.
“Losses in school staff erode our public education system,” said DPI Superintendent Tony Evers. “We want our students to graduate college and career ready and must make a bipartisan investment in public education instead of continually forcing cuts on school districts.”
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