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Hundreds of teachers gather to contest LBUSD layoffs
- 04-13-2010
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By Kevin Butler/Long Beach Press-Telegram
When teacher Rebecca Roe on Monday heard her name called out at Wilson High School, she experienced pangs of anxiety. She was among more than 400 teachers who were gathered at the school's auditorium to learn whether the Long Beach Unified School District intends to lay them off at the end of the year. "I felt my heart race a little bit and felt a kind of panic feeling," said Roe, an English teacher at Poly High School. For Roe it was bad news. This is her sixth year as a teacher, but she's spent only three in the LBUSD. Because layoffs are largely based on seniority in the district - with the least senior employees targeted first - Roe knew that she was at risk. "But now it's real," she said. (more...)
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