An email went out today announcing that the Department of Education would be closed tomorrow. In addition, hundreds of employees will be receiving notices about layoffs.
Department of Education staff will receive “reduction in force” notices Tuesday before nearly half of the department’s workforce is terminated, Fox News Digital has learned.
Earlier Tuesday, a memo was sent to all Education Department employees informing them that Department of Education offices will be closed Tuesday evening through Wednesday due to “security reasons.” Employees were instructed to leave the offices by 6 p.m. ET Tuesday.
President Trump has been in office for seven weeks and already the Department of Education is going to be half its previous size once these layoffs take place.
The layoffs mean that the department, which started the year with 4,133 employees, will now have…
