The Easton Area School board eliminated 17 teachers and an assistant principal at a special meeting Tuesday night to help ease budget constraints.

Bu the board also cut 41 paraprofessionals, staffers who work in various positions throughout the school district, although a majority of them work at the Easton Area Middle School.

Twelve other staffers had their hours reduced from full-time to part-time while one resigned and another took a leave of absence.

These are the 41 paraprofessionals who lost their jobs:

• Sarah-Jane Appleman, Easton Area High School

• James Arrizza Jr, Easton Area Middle School 5-6

• Kerith Bent, Easton Area High School

• Christine Bruce, Paxinosa Elementary

• Crisangel Cabreja, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Diane D'Arrigo, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Gina DeLaRosa, Easton Area High School

• Audrey Dennis, transportation

• Dana Dungan, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Julia Erdie, Easton Area High School

• PaulaAnn Fish, Easton Area Education Center

• Sandra Fox, Easton Area High School

• Michele Freer, Cheston Elementary

• Berna Golis, transportation

• Debra Hockman, transportation

• Cathy Hodges, Paxinosa

• Navdeep Kaur, Paxinosa

• Julie Kearney, Easton Area Middle School 5-6

• Lesley McCadden, March Elementary

• Cathy McIntyre, Tracy Elementary

• Lauren McNeil, Cheston

• Jamie-lyn Miller, Cheston

• Deborah Mitchell, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Amy Morsillo, Palmer Elementary

• Trina Petroni-Bateson, Shawnee Elementary

• Joseph Pysher, Easton Area Middle School 5-6

• Joanne Raso, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Susan Rice, transportation

• Lisa Rufo, districtwide

• Andrea Schenck, Easton Area Middle School 5-6

• Heidi Schoentube, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Deanna Sisonick, Palmer

• Megan Smith, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Pauline Stepansky, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• JoAnne Templeton, Cheston

• Karen Tooma, Paxinosa

• Carole Vincent, Palmer

• Maryanne West, Paxinosa

• Dani Whitehead, Tracy

• Lori Williams, Transportation

• Jennifer Willshaw, Easton Area Middle School 5-6

12 paraprofessionals were reduced to part-time employees:

• Denise Casciole, Easton Area Academy

• Amy Coleman, Palmer

• Tracy Hall, Easton Area Academy

• Denise Howey, Easton Area High School

• Maria Irizarry, Paxinosa

• Elizabeth Kolis, Forks Elementary

• Susan Kostura, Easton Area High School

• Christina Lippincott, Forks

• Patrice Poloso, Easton Area Middle School 7-8

• Elizabeth Ponce, Easton Area High School

• Gabriela Strunk, March and Palmer

• Frank Yandrisovitz, Tracy

Kimberly Baldino-Waldenmayer, Athletics Coach, resigned while Bruce Miller, Maintenance, took a leave of absence.