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Paramount school district may lay off 17 teachers next year
By Kevin Butler/Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Paramount Unified School District may lay off about 17 teachers next year if it elects to save money by increasing class sizes, according to Superintendent David Verdugo. The Paramount Board of Education tonight will consider a fiscal stabilization plan calling for increased class sizes in grades K-3, and in ninth-grade English and math classes. The class-size increases are part of a plan to save about $25 million over the next three fiscal years. Paramount has been ordered by Los Angeles County education officials to take steps to improve its fiscal outlook. The board will not be voting on specific layoffs Tuesday, Verdugo added. But Paramount officials estimate that about 17 teachers could lose their jobs as a result of the class size increases. (more...)
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