Superintendent Bing: School Staff Layoffs Reduced to 54

The number of Bloomfield School employees facing possible layoffs has been reduced, according to a letter posted on the Bloomfield Schools website on Monday.

As of the school board special meeting on Tuesday, March 12, the district was bracing to let go 98 staff members, including 86 teachers. Per the letter released this week, that number has been reduced by slightly less than half, with 55 total staff members facing layoffs. 

The letter does not offer precise information on how the jobs were saved other than to say that school board members were able to find some solutions during an executive session in their special budget meeting on Sunday. Nor does the letter offer a breakdown on how the new layoffs will impact teaching, administrative and secretarial staff. 

The special budget meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 19 at Bloomfield High School's auditorium, will take place as planned, according to the letter.