CLEVELAND -- Hundreds of layoffs are anticipated as the Cleveland Municipal School District faces a $100 million budget crisis. But will the school's chief executive officer Barbara Bryd-Bennett see the district through the crisis?

After administrators proposed about 900 job cuts throughout the district, Bryd-Bennett also offered to give up her salary.

Byrd-Bennett said she will give up her upcoming raise and bonus, some of which she has given to charity in the past, NewsChannel5 reported.

She added, however, that if questions persist about her salary instead of the $100 million budget deficit, she will take action.

"If it is the pleasure of this board and this mayor, I have absolutely no problem in returning my entire salary because my contract is up at the end of December. That way, you will have the opportunity to find a leader for your school district," she said.

Cleveland school administrators have proposed cutting 873 workers, most of whom are teachers, from the district in order to balance the budget.

The numbers are as follows:

• 618 teachers
• 125 bus drivers
• 35 secretaries
• 40 assistant principals/administrators

Workers are expected to get pink slips by the end of the week.

WEWS reported those who attended last night's school board meeting talked about how they felt the cuts would impact their lives.

An elementary school teacher said she listened in fear and thought about her new marriage and new home without a job.

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WEWS reported parents and students felt that same fear when realizing the uncertainty of the future of the school district.

"My kids -- their classrooms already they're large in size," said Kim Golphin, a parent.

Brianna Bynes, a student, said: "We're not gonna get the help we need in certain areas because the classrooms gonna be too large."

District administrators and a teacher's union official said the huge cuts in state funding and massive drops in property taxes are to blame for the crisis, WEWS reported.

The layoffs will take effect June 30.

The district has 8,470 full-time employees, including 6,000 teachers, and 4,000 part-time workers.