Historical report preserved from an archived 2008 WKRG story.
Mobile County teachers could learn their employment fate by Friday as the school system worked through a budget-cut proposal in 2008, according to an archived WKRG report.
The report said decision-makers were facing a narrow window because some employees had tenure protections while others did not. A speaker in the report said officials would continue the process if questions were not answered adequately, but had to do what was right.
Superintendent Roy Nichols said he viewed the reductions as a temporary setback and expected that the system could begin rehiring when the economy improved, possibly within one or two years.
The proposal also included eliminating several programs, including Junior Achievement and a middle-school academic-performance program. This article records the status and expectations reported at the time; it does not state the final employment decisions or current school-system policy.