Post-Gazette: 90 Pittsburgh school employees laid off; 79 teachers get notices; some say number less than expected
Seventy-nine teachers and 11 other employees of the Pittsburgh Public Schools have been laid off because of school closings and budget cuts.
Layoff notices were mailed Friday and Monday, Lisa Fischetti, the school district’s chief of staff, said yesterday.
Furloughed besides the teachers were three other professional employees — two librarians and a counselor represented by the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers — and eight clerical employees represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.
School officials, union leaders and employees had known for months that cuts were coming. Sherman Shrager, PFT vice president for middle schools and liaison with the district’s human resources office, said the number of affected employees was fewer than he had feared.
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