Details were scarce on how many positions would be cut, or added, at given schools. But the administration intends to close about 50 classrooms districtwide, merge two in-district charter schools, and find $17 million in savings in the central office budget, which would include both staffing cuts and elimination of certain vacant positions.
A SHETLAND man has been named plant operator apprentice of the year by the Scottish Plant Owners Association. Deklyn Feather, 31, works as an apprentice for EMN Plant Ltd. He said: “I think it’s fair to say that this has been emotional for me. I’ve never experienced.