Amid budget cuts, Duval County Public Schools are looking to cut jobs and increase classroom sizes.
The grave of a hero sits in the middle of a Jacksonville sidewalk. Are there other heroes buried next to him?Discover incredible Insider Deals that will make your life a little bit easierFILE -- Within Duval County Public Schools, most of the property tax money collected, nearly $58 million, went to teacher pay.will have 402 fewer school-based instructional positions this upcoming school year than it did last year, according to a district spokesperson.
To offset the shortfall, the budget calls for eliminating positions for 377 teachers, 9 special education teachers, and 16 school counselors, but it also adds a few dozen roles. Local state rep says there will be ‘massive teacher cuts’ at Duval County schools, blames expansion of voucher program“We don’t have as many people going to college to become teachers,” said Duval Teachers United President Tammie Brooks-Evans. “It’s a tough job. It’s a hard job.”
According to a district spokesperson, some of the positions being eliminated were vacant, and more than 90% of people in jobs being eliminated were able to be reassigned.The tentative budget shows DCPS state and local funding for the upcoming school year actually increased by $95 million, but nearly half of that money, $44 million, went toward a program that provides private school tuition through vouchers, which are available to all families, regardless of income.
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