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LBUSD to cut about 400 teaching positions in plan to increase class sizes
- 02-11-2010
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By Kevin Butler/Long Beach Press-Telegram
About 400 teaching positions are slated for elimination next school year as part of a plan to increase class sizes in the Long Beach Unified School District. The Long Beach Board of Education on Tuesday raised to four the number of elementary grades it is targeting for class-size increases in the 2010-2011 academic year. The board on Jan. 27 approved a $32.6 million budget reduction package that called for increasing class sizes in kindergarten and third grades this fall to 30 students per teacher. Currently those grades are at 20 students per teacher. On Tuesday board members unanimously decided to also increase class sizes in first and second grades by the same amount, to 30 students per teacher. The change will result in additional savings of about $5.5 million. (more...)
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