The layoffs will take effect July 1, according to an agenda listing the eliminated positions on the Asbury Park School District website. Several staff members, former employees, parents and community members spoke out against the cuts during the school board meeting and urged local officials to lobby state representatives for more state aid to restore the positions.
It’s the first time “in many years” there have been cuts to both unionized school staff and supervisors in the district, said Asbury Park Education Association President John Napolitani. Gibson said employees were called to a meeting Monday with Gerbino and the district’s assistant business administrator. There were no representatives from human resources or the Asbury Park Administrator and Supervisor Association present at the meeting, Gibson said.
The state budget proposed last month would fully enact New Jersey’s new school aid formula for the first time, with a