200+ CMS employees to be laid off; district eliminates 60 After School Enrichment Program sites
CMS temporarily closing after school programs By Brandon Hamilton | February 23, 2021 at 10:31 PM EST - Updated February 23 at 11:17 PM
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - More than 200 Charlotte-Mecklenburg employees will be out of a job after the school board decided to temporarily close many of its After School Enrichment Program sites.
The district says that 60 of the programs, out of the 85 currently open, will be shut down, meaning that 224 employees will be laid off.
According to CMS, those employees either at a school location with the ASEP program or in the central office.
CMS temporarily closing after-school programs, cutting more than 200 jobs WSOCTV.com News Staff
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is temporarily closing many of its after-school program sites, which will lead to the loss of more than 200 jobs.
Those sites also include before-school services.
According to an announcement from the school board, the decision was made because of decreased enrollment and revenue.
Well this is a tough update from CMS. The district is temporarily closing many of their after school enrichment programs because of the pandemic impacts. 224 employees to lose their jobs. Reducing from 95 to 25 sites in April. pic.twitter.com/gGc8Dfm4IN Elsa Gillis (@ElsaWSOC9) February 24, 2021