School district rehired workers it paid to leave, again
By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego
San Diego Unified offered its veteran employees a golden handshake last summer: If they left the school district they could get paid one year of their salary. More than 1,000 workers took the deal. Replacing its most expensive, experienced workers with newer ones -- or not replacing them at all -- was projected to save the school system more than $41 million last year and spared San Diego Unified from layoffs as it faced a $93 million deficit. (more...)