Teachers and other school staff in Hillsborough County should find out by April 9, whether they have a job for the upcoming school year.

The Hillsborough County School Board held a workshop on Thursday to talk about budget cuts and what that means for personnel.

"There's been a lot of conversations over the last couple months about equitable cuts and people getting what they need, maybe not what they want, but what they need," said school board member Stacy Hahn. "I just want to make sure cuts are across the board and not only in schools."

Superintendent Addison Davis said the district is trying to save millions of dollars to avoid running out of cash.

Staff members said it's a combination of lower enrollment coupled with over-staffing and a lack of state funding.

They said the district is looking at cutting roughly 1,083 school-based positions including teachers, aides and administrators.

"It openly pains me to have to cut anyone at the school level," Davis said.

He said the cuts will have an impact. For example, when it comes to class sizes, with fewer teachers, classrooms could be fuller.

"You may see larger class sizes overall," Davis said.

The district said no programs will be completely eliminated but some may be scaled back.

Board member Henry "Shake" Washington wanted assurances that schools in underserved communities won't be adversely affected by the cuts.

"For those schools, to be successful​ sometimes you may need more administrators in the office, that's where the equity comes into play. It might look different but the need of the school is quite different," said Washington.

District officials said they plan to eliminate some positions through attrition.

They also said a number of factors, including tenure, training and need, will be considered as decisions are made.