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O.C. schools feel pain of 2,219 teacher pink slips
- 03-15-2010
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By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register
The economic downturn that has decimated funding for public education will be acutely felt in Orange County schools Monday as the last of 2,219 teachers and other educators are notified they could be out of jobs this June. The warnings are required to be issued by the end of the day Monday to thousands of certificated school employees statewide who face possible layoffs. Orange County schools face a combined $365.3 million budget deficit in the 2010-11 school year, and school officials say the only way to even begin bridging that gap is by planning for the mass layoffs. “Some of the kids think we’re just fired,” said Debbie Bird, a kindergarten teacher at Fullerton’s Valencia Park Elementary School and a 28-year educator. “It’s really sad because these teachers are really experienced. (more...)
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