WHITEWATER — A significant reduction in state aid has forced the Whitewater School District to cut its staff, said Superintendent Leslie Steinhaus.
The reductions include a half-time elementary school band teacher, a half-time elementary school physical education teacher and a half-time elementary school gifted and talented teacher. The duties of high-school math, English and family and consumer education teachers also will be cut.
The district likely will eliminate a boys swimming coach, a freshman baseball coach and a High School Leadership Team member, Steinhaus said, as well as reduce the hours of the FFA adviser.
The school board Friday approved the reductions, which are equal to 2.06 full-time employees.
Steinhaus said the district also anticipates reductions among its support staff and non-union staff.