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Loss of pink-slipped teachers looms for schools throughout East Bay

06-08-2010

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

After four years at the school she has grown to love, Jessica Beerbaum won't return to her fifth-grade classroom at Silverwood Elementary for the coming school year. "When I'm teaching, I'm as happy as I've ever been in my life," said Beerbaum, 56, whose position has been filled by someone with more seniority. "I can't bear the thought of not teaching. I know that's what I'm supposed to be doing right now, and I know I'm good at it and I give it my all." Beerbaum is one of nearly 200 teachers and other credentialed employees in the Mt. Diablo school district who received final pink slips in May, telling them they would be out of work after the school year ends Monday. (more...)

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