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Sachem officials warn of mass layoffs

Students hang out at Sachem High School East

Photo credit: James Carbone | Students hang out at Sachem High School East in Farmingville. (Feb. 10, 2011)

Officials in the Sachem school district, one of Long Island's largest, have told hundreds of staffers they could be out of work at the end of the school year because of a decrease in state aid and rising personnel costs.

The news was delivered Wednesday individually to 450 of the district's least senior employees, including 375 teachers - about 30 percent of Sachem's workforce, union leaders...

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