 Earlier layoffs weren't enough to solve the problem, so now to try and further balance the budget, several dozen more employees are getting pink slips, which means 268 people are out of a job before the next school year. That's effectively a 25% staff reduction district-wide from last year's staffing budget. But these aren't certificated employees like teachers and principals. They're custodians, secretaries, paraeducators. And assuming all teachers hold on to their jobs, this would be a 60% culling of that critical support staff.