By Nicole C. Brambila | Colorado Politics, via The Denver Gazette
Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero laid off dozens of employees in the central office to save the district roughly $5 million annually.
The 38 eliminated positions will be effective July 1, according to a memo sent to staff on Friday.
“We are facing great uncertainty compounded by significant concerns for our future funding from both the state and national levels,” Marrero wrote. “This all comes on top of a period of declining birth rates and lower enrollment across our city and the nation.