1,900 jobs are being eliminated in Detroit school district

From The Detroit News: Nearly 1,900 jobs are being eliminated in the Detroit school district in the coming school year as the district prepares to launch a new system of schools for a smaller set of students. In its proposed $784 million budget, the district is dropping $150.8 million in personnel costs by shedding 1,889 workers, closing nine schools and turning another 15 schools over to the state-run Education Achievement Authority. Union officials estimate 700 of the positions being cut are teachers.