Position cuts by Fayette County School Board that began toward the end of the 2007-2008 school year continued Monday night with the approval of further reductions by attrition.

That means no actual layoffs have occurred; rather, open positions are not being filled.

Numbers to date show that a total of 63 positions have been reduced since late spring. Those include 25.4 positions at the elementary school level, 9.9 positions at the middle school level, 18.68 at the high school level and 9.5 positions in central office.

Elementary school positions reduced included 11 regular education teachers, one physical education teacher, two special education teachers, two special education pre-K teachers, two parapros, 3.5 special education parapros, 4.5 special education pre-K parapros and one administrative position.

The 9.9 middle school staff reductions included 2.4 regular education teachers, 6.5 special education teachers and one special education parapro.

High school reductions in staff totaling 18.68 positions included 5.2 regular education teachers, 4.5 special education teachers, 4 regular parapros, one special education parapro, a half-time support staff, one office assistant at the Evening High School, one secretary at Fayette County High School, one counselor at the Alternative School and a half-time media specialist at the Evening High School.

And at central office with a total of 9.5 positions reduced, the board approved cuts to one administrator, one construction supervisor, one speech/language pathologist, one reading program position, three diagnosticians, a half-time parent mentor, a half-time physical therapist, a half-time occupational therapist, a half-time bookkeeper and a half-time payroll assistant.

School system officials in previous meetings have said they will continue to review the potential for further reductions.

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