By ZEN T.C. ZHENG
HOUSTON CHRONICLE April 5, 2011, 2:14PM
The Fort Bend school district is cutting 483 jobs to help offset an anticipated state funding cut of $40 million to $50 million, and the employees in most of those positions resigned to receive a cash incentive.
The influx of more than 300 resignations, coupled with retirements and existing vacancies, dropped the number of positions left to cut to 68 by Monday, and the school board voted 5-2 that night not to renew those 68 contracts for the next school year. They affect 54 term-contracted teachers who have taught in the district for at least three years and 14 probationary employees who have less than three years of teaching, said Rhonda McWilliams, the district's chief human resources officer.
Trustees on Monday unanimously approved a revision to the incentive program that will allow the 54 term-contracted employees to resign with the incentive....READ MORE