Englewood Board of Education Could Cut More Positions

The Englewood Public School District Board of Education has successfully closed a $4 million projected shortfall in the budget by cutting staff and outsourcing secretaries and paraprofessionals this summer, according to a NorthJersey.com report, but that doesn’t mean the school board is done making cuts just yet with school just a couple of weeks in.

Among the resolutions the board will consider at its public meeting Thursday are laying off a communications assistant and a high school counselor, both “for reasons of economy,” according to the meeting agenda.

In late August, the board voted not to renew, route: {:controller=>"articles", :action=>"show", :id=>"englewood-school-board-dismisses-athletic-director"} --> the contract of Yvonne Sheard, who had served as athletic director since 2009, in spite of an