District-level Downsizing.

SCHOOL administrators; SCHOOL budgets; UNITED States education system; LAYOFFS; BUDGET cuts; ALLISON, John; DOMENECH, Daniel; EDUCATIONAL finance

The article reports on instances in several U.S. states wherein budget cuts to education due to the American economic recession have caused school boards and administrators to cut jobs for fellow administrators. Budget deficits at school districts in several states are profiled including Kansas' Wichita School District and Texas' Irving Independent School District. Comments from school superintendents John Allison and Dana Bedden and American Association of School Administrators director Dan Domenech are also included.