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The Harrisburg School District announced 15, and possibly more, furloughs for non-teaching staff to help save up to $687,000 as part of its recovery plan — if the union contract isn’t approved.
“We’re not playing here,” Chief Recovery Officer Gene Veno said Monday. “This is about recovery — financial recovery.”
With tensions already high from recent teacher resignations and furlough notices, they further escalated when the School Board voted to hire a director for the district’s cyber charter school at an uncertain salary.
Veno said the next set of furloughed positions haven’t been announced. As many as 20 positions with an average salary of $40,000 could be considered. In July, the district furloughed custodians, library and health aides and maintenance workers,
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