According to a press release from Katrineholm municipality, a forecast shows 130 fewer children attending preschool this fall.

And already a few months ago, the municipality announced that two preschools are to be closed.

- It feels extremely sad not to be able to prepare jobs for the employees we have in the preschool.

The simple logic is that we can't have more staff than we have children for, says Birgitta Dahlbeck, operations manager for preschool.

Those primarily affected by the notification are untrained teaching staff, i.e. childcare assistants.

Preschool teachers are not affected, but some childminders may be on the priority list, the administration states.

All in all, 50 employees are affected from and including the autumn semester 2023.