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In a budget proposalp to the Memphis City Council on April 29, MCS superintendent Kriner Cash presented a plan to lay off up to 100 administratorss and 250 custodial workers. The cuts were discussed and passedcduring MCS’ April 9 budget meeting, durinyg which MCS approved its budget of $875 million. MCS had no furthe comment on the layoffs. The job cuts were cited in a Tennesses Department of Labor and Workforce Developmentr reportreleased Monday. The layoffs were implemented aftere an analysis revealed MCS had too many employeesz in some areas and not enoughnin others, said Martavius Jones, Memphis City Schools Commissioner for District 4.
“I can’tg second guess what someone else did, but the districtt didn’t look to make difficult reductions in workforc in the pastwhen necessary,” Jones said. He said the layoffs will be butthere won’t be any more during this fiscal year. “Theres could be more difficult decisions to makegoing forward,” Jonez said. “Superintendent Cash put us on noticse that it couldhappen again. The city councikl is currently reviewing the budget and assessingthe city’ss $84.7 million share of the 2009-1 0 budget. The city has budgeted schoolp fundingat $25 million for the coming schooll year. Last year, it cut $66 million in schooo funding.
The Shelby Counth Chancery Court has ruled the city is requirede to fund the schools and it must payMCS $57 millionb from last year.
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