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East Brunswick To Cut 51 Teachers, Staff In 'Most Difficult' Budget Of Superintendent's Career East Brunswick To Cut 51 Teachers, Staff In 'Most Difficult' Budget Of Superintendent's Career
East Brunswick Budget Cuts Teachers In his 31 years of leading school districts, East Brunswick Public Schools Superintendent Victor Valeski said he'd never had to craft a school budget as difficult as the one for 2024-25. There was an $7.8 million rise in costs and $1.3 million reduction in state aid in next year's school budget.  "This is by far the hardest and most impactful," Valeski told Daily Voice. A total of 51 staff members had to be eliminated, Valeski said. The cuts included 15 teachers, 10 instructional coaches, seven school counselors and the assistant superintendent of student activities and services. Th…