Camas School District Cuts 38 Teachers From Payroll, More to Come 

Camas, WA — Due to a $13-$16 million budget shortfall for the 2025-26 school year, newer educators in the Camas School District are being laid off, with more cuts expected next week. Thirty-eight teachers received layoff notices this week.

Eight to 8.5 percent of the district’s teacher workforce will lose their jobs for the coming year, said Camas School District Superintendent John Anzalone.

Provisional teachers (who have were hired in the last three years) will not have their contracts renewed, said the district’s Communications Director, Doreen McKercher.

To close the deficit, the district also needs to cut 13 percent of its classified, non-educator support staff, as well as 29 percent of its administrative positions. The cuts are due to the following factors: inflation, student enrollment decreases (which means less state money), the end of federal pandemic relief funds, and a smaller reserve fund. The district is also grappling with the possibility of losing federal funding (about 10 percent of its budget) due to its refusal to (under direction from the state) to comply with President Trump’s executive order to cease Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs district wide.

Cuts were also made in February, with the elimination of administrative positions at multiple schools district wide.

Anzalone said additional layoffs will come early next week.