San Diego Unified School District

About 1,200 "nuts and bolts" jobs in the San Diego Unified School District were eliminated by the Board of Education recently to help make $80 million in budget cuts. Trustees voted 3-2 to eliminate or reduce hours for a range of positions, including truck drivers and office staff, special-education workers and campus security guards. Unlike the 903 teaching employees who last month received notices that they could be laid off, these employees will be out of work soon. Of the 1,200 positions that will be affected by the recent actions, 240 will be eliminated altogether because they are vacant. Of the remaining 960 jobs, 829 are full-time. About 200 positions affected are employees who work with special-education students.