Salem school officials restore 15 jobs

By Erin Ailworth, Globe Staff

Salem school officials announced today that they will be able to restore 15 classroom jobs slated to be cut in a round of mid-year layoffs resulting from a multimillion-dollar deficit.

A slew of recent donations from the community and other funds allowed officials to keep the positions, which include elementary school classroom positions, as well as several posts at Collins Middle School and Salem High. The number of jobs restored was up from a previous estimate of 10.

"We have a long way to go," Superintendent William J. Cameron Jr. said in a telephone interview. "There are still a lot of people whose jobs are not being restored at this time, but we are hopeful that we can realize more funds and restore more positions."

About 60 other people are still laid off as the district scrambles to balance its books after the discovery of a $4.7 million deficit.

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