Up to 35 employees at St. Michael’s School in Hoban Heights will be laid off because of a decline in client population.
The layoffs affect about 19 percent of the facility’s 185-person workforce.
By the end of today, the layoffs will be complete, Diocese of Scranton spokesman Bill Genello said.
“All programs will continue,” Genello said.
The layoffs come as the school continues to search for an organization to take over operations.
A buyer has not been found, Genello said.
St. Michael’s was founded as an orphanage in 1916; it now provides care to youths with behavioral, emotional and abuse problems from Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania.
Along with the Hoban Heights campus, St. Michael’s has two community-based group homes in Tunkhannock and Pine Grove.
No layoffs are planned at the group homes, Genello said.
The layoffs at St. Michael’s will occur in all departments, including education, clinical, medical, direct care, clerical, maintenance, administrative assistants and house parents, Genello said.
Enrollment at St. Michael’s has declined to 54 clients in December from a peak of 84 in June.
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