Rochester To Lay Off 160 To Close Budget Deficit

The Rochester, N.Y., school board last week voted to lay off 160 employees--including all of the district's elementary-school librarians--to help close a $10-million budget deficit.

The decision came after several weeks of negotiations with the Rochester Teachers Association, which urged the board to cut administrative positions. The board, meanwhile, sought to convince the union to accept a three-day furlough. (See Education Week, Jan. 22, 1992.)

The talks broke down over the union's demand that the district agree not to lay off...