School gives pink slips to support staff

Four classified staff members were cut from the Colfax school district after the board Monday voted to reduce hours of service by classified employees.

The board voted to notify two full-time teacher aides, one part-time teacher aide and one part-time kitchen assistant that their positions will be terminated at the end of the school year.

Two of the teacher aides were on year-to-year contracts and those contracts were not renewed for the 2011- 2012 school year.

In addition, the hours of one custodial worker were cut by two and a half hours a day.

Rhonda Pittman, president of the school’s class...