FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — Fayette County Schools plans to eliminate eliminate professional jobs and service personnel in an effort to match state funding for those positions.
The county will reduce staff for next school year by 9.5 professional positions and 8.5 service jobs, according to Fayette Superintendent of Schools Terry George.
Positions that are eliminated will end on June 30.
West Virginia uses student population to determine the amount of funding each district will receive, and George cited both declining state aid and enrollment.
Fayette County Schools general fund for fiscal year 2016 is $61.4 million, which is down $7 million from 2015.