Akron Public Schools layoffs: Here’s the jobs the laid-off staff were working

Per the board resolution, the list of people laid off are in the following positions:

• 11 English language arts teachers for grades 7-12.
• Six math teachers for grades 7-12.
• Three science teachers for grades 7-12.
• 11 social studies teachers for grades 7-12.
• 11 teachers for grades pre-k-3.
• Two teachers for grades pre-K-5.
• One teacher for grades 1-8.
• One science teacher for K-12.
• Four English language arts teachers for grades 4-9.
• One math teacher for grades 4-9.
• One social studies teacher for grades 4-9.
• 10 student success coaches.      
• One behavior climate coach.
• Three school climate team members.
• Three academic advocates.
• Four secretaries.

The teachers who are being laid off are not necessarily in positions that are being eliminated, however. The district is moving 58 teachers who work in central office back into the classroom, which is causing 52 teachers with less experience to be laid off. Their positions will likely be backfilled with the teachers returning to the classroom, so even if a math teacher is being cut from a school, the school is not losing the math class.

Contact education reporter Jennifer Pignolet at jpignolet@thebeaconjournal.com, at 330-996-3216 or on Twitter @JenPignolet.