Rapides Parish, LA, Eliminates 160 Teaching Positions

The Alexandria, LA, Daily Town Talk ^ | 04-29-03 | Peters, Emily

[Theodore R.]

One in 10 Rapides Parish teachers will not be around next year.

In a budget-cuts meeting Monday, the School Board unanimously agreed to reduce the teacher force by 160, effective at the beginning of the 2003-04 school year.

That and other cuts brought the school system a savings of about $9 million. That is almost enough to plug the $10 million shortfall the district faces next year.

[Theodore R.]

She said other areas, including administration and transportation, were losing a much smaller percentage of their staffs to budget cuts.

Once again, ADMINISTRATION escapes the axe, and the people cheered!

[widowithfoursons]

One good management consultant could clear about 25% of dead wood from any school system without affecting the classroom. OTOH, why not put well performing students into large classes in a lecture environment at the HS level? One FINE teacher is better than a bunch of union loving sinecures.