Board cuts staff jobs for June 30, citing fewer students

What happened

On April 21, 2026 the board approved a reduction in force ending the employment of named certificated and non-certificated staff on June 30, 2026, plus a separate contingent list of custodians whose jobs depend on whether an agreement is reached with their union under New Jersey's subcontracting law. The board approved the reduction again on May 13, 2026. The stated reasons are a decline in student enrolment, economy and efficiency, budget, changes in the administrative organisation, and the need to right-size staffing.

Why it matters to families

These are the adults students see every day, including classroom staff and the custodians who keep buildings running. The cuts are the main way the district balanced a budget that rose $16.4 million in fixed costs without raising local taxes, and the contingent custodial list became the outsourcing decision put to the board on September 29, 2026.

The evidence

The April 21, 2026 approved minutes set out the reduction-in-force resolution under N.J.S.A. 18A:28-9 with separate name-by-name tables for non-certificated staff, certificated staff and a contingent custodial group whose terminations depend on an agreement under N.J.S.A. 34:13A-46 and N.J.A.C. 19:12-8.2, all effective at the end of the day on June 30, 2026. The May 13, 2026 minutes carry the same resolution again.

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