Posted on 03/16/2012 6:09:21 PM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
More than 20,000 public school teachers in California opened their mailboxes over the last few days to find a pink slip inside as districts dispensed the dreaded news to the educators that they may not have a job in the fall.
The layoff notices are preliminary, the districts' best guess at their funding after the Legislature concludes its annual budget fight this summer. But a proposed tax measure on the November ballot offers more uncertainty.
Voters could approve a tax increase that would prevent a $4.8 billion trigger cut to education funding, as proposed in the governor's budget.
That cut would be about $807 per student, the equivalent of 55,000 teacher layoffs or 17 days of school, according to The Education Coalitions.
The layoff notices were sent to teachers, librarians and others in schools all over California. Not many districts found a way to skirt the deadline.
San Francisco sent out 500 layoff notices.
In Los Angeles, 11,000 were sent.
About 700 were mailed in Sacramento.
Every school librarian in Union City got one, along with 100 teachers, administrators and other school staff.
Oakland Unified administrators found a way to balance its budget through attrition, elimination of adult education, across-the-board cuts at school sites, school mergers and closures, as well as other program cuts.
Disgruntled public
As the pink slip deadline approached, the mood in dozens of districts across the state reflected a growing public impatience with budget cuts to education. Parents protested, teachers rallied, and three students in San Leandro held a weeklong hunger strike to draw attention to the cost to classrooms.
In years past, many of the layoff notices issued by the March 15 deadline have been rescinded because of concessions from labor unions, changes to the state's revenue outlook or successful parcel tax measures.
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Since this is March with several more months to go I wonder how this is going to affect teaching?
Strategy: Pick 20,000 picketers and rabble-rousers NOW, the earlier the better, with which to make mah-hem, during the campaign to pluck the taxpayers.
They do this every year. Then most if not all get rehired.
Just in time for them to join occupy wall st.
scare tactics to force taxpayers to pass a tax increase
Great CA is starting to reap the rewards of their folly.
I imagine the firefighters and policemen will get them next. Gotta get the maggots out their raising hell and demanding that “the rich” pay more “fair share” for BIG government. The “fair share” they are already paying just isn’t cutting it.
I think this is just the first step in the usual California dire consequences ploy.
Vote to raise taxes, or we’ll fire all your kids’ teachers, close all the libraries, and let 30,000 murderers and rapists out of jail, to trim expenses.
Good!
I’m sick to death of trap they laid in Kalifornia!
The easiest way to take care of this problem is to stop “educating” foreign nationals who are in the state and country illegally. Just an idea.
How many of them were administrative bureaucrats?
I didn’t think you were capable of balancing the budget governor, but you’ve made a smart first move. Congratulations.
How do you expect them to cut spending?
Democrats have been forced to cut spending. There is NO money. Why don’t the eliminate the new CA Air Resources Board? Too many bloated state agencies.
Today in Michigan, the governor signed the bill ending automatic union dues collection for teachers and school employees.
On Wednesday he signed the bill that prevents grad students working as research assistants from unionizing.
http://www.michigancapitolconfidential.com/16596
and three students in San Leandro held a weeklong hunger strike to draw attention to the cost to classrooms.
Starve you little bastards!
So teachers get pink-slipped. Then they get to collect their salaries for sitting on their butts. Once the coast is clear, they get re-instated with full pay and BACK pay for the "injustice" of being laid off.
Wish I had a job where I got to be completely incompetent, blame it on my "clients", get to take a 2 year paid vacation, then get re-hired, paid a nice chunk of change, and continue my incompetence.
Luckily I'd have my union to make sure that the politicians they've paid off get re-elected so the gravy train continues... forever. Or until I retire at 50, when I REALLY get paid.
They can cut spending, they are administration-heavy these days.
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