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School District In Suffolk County Cuts Staff Amid Budget Gap School District In Suffolk County Cuts Staff Amid Budget Gap
School District In Suffolk County Cuts Staff Amid Budget Gap A Long Island school district is being forced to cut some staff members and make other cuts due to a lack of state aid in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Copiague Schools Superintendent Kathleen Bannon wrote a letter to families this week announcing that the district would be forced to make cuts due to the pandemic. “As you may be aware, in order to make up for a pandemic-related shortfall in the state budget, school districts across New York State were expected to prepare for a cut in their state aid,” she said. “On (Thursday), Aug. 20, the district received a state aid payment for the…