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New downsizing details for the Oakland school district
- 04-28-2010
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By Katy Murphy/Oakland Tribune
The payroll of Oakland Unified, one of the city's largest employers, is about to shrink. The school system would have about 460 fewer full-time positions — about 9 percent of the current work force — come July 1 under the CFO's latest proposal to address the district's massive projected deficit. It will be discussed at (today's) 5 p.m. school board meeting, on the eve of the teacher strike. Jobs of just about every shape and size would thin out under the plan: teachers, assistant principals, security officers, high-level district executive staff, gardeners, painters, clerks, support coaches for new teachers, adult education and child development teachers — you name it. The central office would eliminate 105 positions, about 17 percent of its staff. And 114 K-12 teaching positions would be reduced, about 6 percent. (more...)
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