Randolph BOE job cuts still not enough to balance budget, superintendent says
Of the 42 positions planned to be eliminated, nine of them were spared from the Reduction In Force (RIF) vote on Tuesday. However, Dilly said the funding for those positions is still uncertain.
'It has really created sort of a difficult situation for us to navigate as there is not adequate funding or confirmation of funding sources to support all the positions that the board elected to save on Tuesday night,' Dilly said in an interview with 12 News.
One problem with Tuesday's vote is that Dilly said some names were inappropriately removed from the list of cuts, and were removed outside the official process they are legally required to follow.
Randolph County Board of Education votes to fire 33 staff members
'Based on the board's decisions last night, and the really—I'm trying to put this delicately—the lack to follow personnel laws in the state of West Virginia will require us to undo a lot of those positions that were going to be successfully reduced. So therefore, we will be unable to meet our statutory requirements to balance the budget.'
Dilly also said that the Board of Education will likely meet again in May to 'correct' any actions that don't comply with state law. May could also kick off talks related to school consolidation within the county after motions to consolidate two schools failed earlier this year.
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