ANN ARBOR, MI — The number of budgeted teaching positions in Ann Arbor Public Schools has fallen by roughly 9.4% in the last two years as the district continues to downsize staff in the long wake of the 2024 $25 million budget shortfall.

But now, administrators say the reduction isn’t because of layoffs . Instead, it’s through attrition — all part of a strategy to “right-size” staffing, they said, while taking steps to recruit and retain teachers where they can.

“We’ve really remained diligent in right-sizing our staff,” Shonta Langford, AAPS’ assistant superintendent for human resources, said Monday, Nov. 24.

“We have processes and procedures now that when a retirement or resignation comes through, we are ensuring that position needs to be filled,” she said. “Are our enrollment num

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