The Whitman-Hanson School District in Massachusetts is reversing course and moving ahead with plans to cut 25 jobs to close a $1.4 million budget gap.

Superintendent Jeff Szymaniak announced the budget deficit at a school committee meeting last Thursday . At the meeting, the committee voted to push the decision to cut the jobs back 30 school days to search for other alternatives. The vote to delay the potential cuts was deemed illegal, and now the district is moving forward.

According to the school committee, notifications will go out on Monday November 10, informing the 25 teachers, paraprofessionals and administrators who will be laid off. It is unclear when they will lose their jobs. Another five positions will not be filled with planned retirements.

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