Kalispell Public Schools narrows list of layoffs

Kalispell Public Schools on Tuesday provided a progress report of its efforts to notify employees about positions eliminated to balance a $2.9 million budget shortfall.  

The district is eliminating the equivalent of 39.35 full-time positions in the K-12 school district. The bulk of it is expected to occur through attrition rather than layoffs. 

Human Resources Director Liz English said 24 teachers took the district’s early-retirement incentive offered earlier in the year and two additional teachers will retire without the incentive.  She said there have been 11 resignations.