MONTCLAIR, New Jersey (WABC) -- A mysterious $20 million deficit was the focus of a contentious school board meeting on Wednesday night in New Jersey.

Parents in Montclair are wondering why their children may be the ones to pay for lost services and programs.

"Right now Montclair is dealing with two deficits. A financial deficit and a trust deficit. Vague answers, missing documents, confidentiality barriers, and delayed explanations," student Mia Yustein said.

It was simmering hot inside the Montclair Board of Education meeting on Wednesday.

"You might be shocked to learn that the manner in which the district proceeded with the reduction in force and terminations was so frenetic that it might only be rivaled by the DOGE cuts that the federal employees faced," teacher Syreeta Carringto

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