Concerned School District of Beloit employees start warning the school board against staff cuts under early consideration for next school year.
Social studies teacher James Hoey, a co-president of the district’s teachers union, told board members Tuesday night that retaining and attracting staff would be difficult without a cost-of-living raise and higher insurance costs for employees.
Physical therapist Adam Eiseman said cutting a PT position would actually cost the district more because it would have to outsource the caseload of 29 students left without a therapist.
And interventionist Sheri Holcomb worried who classroom teachers would call for support if assistant principals were axed.
Thirty-three full-time positions were part of a layoff proposal unveiled at a special meeting last week. The layoffs are the result of a failed operational referendum vote last month.
In a vote Tuesday, board members voted unanimously to instruct administrators to begin preparing for another referendum in April 2026.
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