OAKLAND — Oakland Unified’s District library manager — one of dozens who were expected to be laid off as part of the district’s $9 million mid-year budget cuts — will keep her job.

After community outcry, the school board announced at a Jan. 10 meeting that District Library Manager Amy Cheney, in charge of overseeing the district’s libraries, will keep her job, though she will only work four days a week for the rest of the school year.

District spokesman John Sasaki said district officials were able to eliminate some expenses from the district’s unrestricted funds from grant and Title 1 resources, allowing them to keep the position.

“We never wanted to eliminate the position, and for quite a while, we had been working to find an alternative to that change,” Sasaki said. “Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell and Deputy Chief of Teaching and Learning David Chambliss were both highly motivated to find the best possible solution to supporting our libraries.”

Sasaki said there have been other “alterations” to the overall reductions under the $9 million budget trim.

The school board voted before the end of 2017, to make the mid-year cuts in an effort to remain fiscally solvent after years of overspending.

Other positions that are being cut or are having reduced hours include school police officers, administrators and program managers. The district’s building and grounds staff and senior leadership team also have agreed to work several days without pay throughout the rest of the school year.

At the school sites, academic mentors, a library clerk, physical education attendants, a family parent liaison and noon supervisors are having their hours trimmed. No teachers are being laid off.

The layoffs will take effect in March; employees will be given 60 days notice.