School nurses, district administrators would be laid off under budget cutting plan

Salem schools next year will have fewer nurses to administer insulin and care for medically fragile students under a budget cutting plan announced this week by Superintendent Andrea Castañeda.

Castañeda said she planned to cut 46 jobs from the school district budget next year as part of a $31 million reduction in planned spending. Sixteen of those jobs are vacant.

Other reductions she has proposed earlier include spending less to buy vehicles and playground equipment…