Approximately 119 employees from Floyd County Schools have been told they will no longer work with the school system next year, said Assistant to the Superintendent Tim Hensley on Friday afternoon.

Those who were informed of the bad news were 68 full-time certified employees, 35 full-time classified employees, 12 certified part-time employees and four part-time classified employees.

The measure is part of the school system’s Reduction in Force plan aimed at trimming $7 million from the budget.

School officials said earlier that some of the employees who have been told they won’t have jobs could find that changes because of others who might voluntarily leave the system.