More than 400 employees of Atlantic City, N.J., municipal government and its school district could be laid off under a pair of plans made public on Friday, the Press of Atlantic City reported yesterday. Layoff notices went out to nearly 200 Atlantic City government employees, including about 88 firefighters and 107 employees in other city departments. Meanwhile, the state monitor overseeing the city school district confirmed that it will lose 226 full-time positions under the proposed 2015-16 school budget he will present to the school board at a special meeting today. The news of the possible layoffs, which could be in effect by the end of June, has been anticipated for months as the city and school district struggled to deal with the city’s ongoing financial crisis.
