Fayette County schools eliminating 100+ ‘support’ positions, officials say

Between the 2025-26 school year and the upcoming 2026-27 school year, more than 115 Fayette school district “support positions” have been reduced, district officials said Wednesday night in a statement.

District officials did not immediately define “support positions” in an update on job reductions. Specific positions were not provided in the statement.

“Personnel changes are shared publicly each month as an item under the board’s information section of the regular meeting agenda,” it said.

“As part of our ongoing commitment to provide our staff, families, and community with accurate information, we are sharing additional details regarding the district-level reductions taken in order to ensure a stronger, more sustainable future for Fayette County Public Schools,” the statement said. “While these decisions are incredibly difficult, they are necessary steps.”

Information shared Wednesday reflects action taken during the past two fiscal years to reduce district-level operations and staffing costs, as well as estimates identified in preparation for the 2026-27 tentative budget. Every effort has been made to keep cuts at the district level, officials said.

Officials also said that during the 2024-25 and 2025-26 fiscal years, there has been an estimated decrease of $6.9 million in operational costs at the district level.

Additionally, a reduction in work calendar days for the 2026-27 school year will result in an estimated $1.9 million in savings, officials said. There is no change to the work calendars for classroom teachers or paraeducators. Work calendars impacted have been reduced between 2 to 7 days:

• 12-month salaried work calendars will shift from 245 to 240 days.
• 12-month hourly work calendars will shift from 256 to 251 days.
• 10.5-month hourly work calendars will shift from 220 to 218 days.
• The 206-day work calendar will shift to 199 days.
• 190-day hourly work calendars will shift to either 189 days or 188 days depending on the position.

“While the number of district office positions and work days will be lower, our commitment to supporting our schools remains high,” officials said. “We are currently navigating these challenges to ensure that essential supports and services to our school campuses continue. “

The board will be asked to approve a $110 million tax revenue anticipation note — a loan — at a May 11 meeting, an agenda item shows.

“It appears that the district will end the fiscal year with less than a 2% contingency,” the agenda item document says, referring to FCPS’ contingency fund, which is required by state regulation to be at 2%.

“Cash on hand may not be available to cover districts’ costs July through October. As the district starts to receive tax receipts in November, cash flow should then be sufficient to cover our expenses.

The next update from the district including the proposed tentative budget for fiscal year 2026-27, will be provided at the school board’s planning meeting at 5:30 p.m Monday, May 11.

This story was originally published May 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM.