3/26/13 - The Brighton Board of Education Monday night performed an aspect of its duties that is not pleasant, but nonetheless unavoidable in times of skin-tight budgets. At its regular meeting the board voted to send termination notices to three administrators and three food service program support staffers. Both groups are members of unions, and minimum, 90-day layoff notices are required by contract. The notices will likely be followed by action to terminate at least two of the three administrators next month. The three administrators include Hornung School Principal Susan Johnson, Maltby Intermediate School Assistant Principal Jeff Eisele and Community Education Director Ann Rennie. The administrators are represented by the Brighton Area Schoolsâ Administratorsâ Association and the support staff by the Brighton Educational Support Personnel Association. Superintendent Greg Gray tells WHMI that because of the impending reductions, current administrators â even Gray himself â will likely have to pitch in and spend part of their time at one of the two affected schools. Gray says the staff reductions are not related to the performance of those involved, but are necessitated by the districtâs deficit elimination plan. The school district is under the gun by the state to eliminate its $7.4 million legacy deficit by the end of the â13-â14 fiscal year. Gray says the food service support staffers are being eliminated because the food service program has been negatively impacted by new, federally-mandated nutritional standards. Gray says that many of the students simply donât like the taste of the food choices they are now being given and no longer purchase lunch in the school cafeteria. (TT)
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