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Long Beach teachers still face layoffs
- 06-16-2010
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By Adolfo Guzman Lopez/KPCC
The school district sent 10 preliminary pink slips to teachers at Whittier Elementary School. Rather than put the envelopes in teacher mailboxes, Principal Ed Garcia said he left each teacher a note for a one-on-one meeting. "I’m sure when they got that note in their box to come see me they had an idea of what was happening," he said. He says no one got mad; no one cried. Whittier Elementary had weathered other crises in recent years that united the school community. Garcia says he believes talking with teachers throughout the layoff process helped keep morale from sinking. (more...)
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