Warren schools consider layoffs

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Warren Township Superintendent of schools Dr. Peggy Hinckley said in a statement to the board Wednesday that the district will have to consider cutting jobs as they prepare to reduce the overall budget by $3,567,852.47.

"Our challenge is that 91 percent of our budget is salaries and fringe benefits, people. Our decisions will be painful. We are not going to find millions of dollars of cuts in nine percent of the budget,” Hinckley said.

24-Hour News 8 has heard from several Warren TWP schools employees who say they are afraid that they will lose their jobs.

Hinckley also called on those in attendance to ask for legislators to grant schools the power to move money around saying “As we thoroughly review all expenditures, we are looking to the Indiana General Assembly to give school corporations the authority to transfer money among funds. We currently do not have that authority. Transferring money will save jobs. Please contact your legislators now. “