Layoffs take toll on teachers
By Stacy Brandt and Craig Shultz/North County Times
Over the past two months, thousands of educators in the region received layoff notices and ---- though most of those notices have been rescinded ---- hundreds of teachers from Temecula to Oceanside are still poised to lose their jobs. Many of those educators are temporary teachers and, because they're employed through one-year contracts, districts don't count those cuts as layoffs. More than 300 temporary teachers are being let go in North County districts, officials estimate. Only a few districts are cutting permanent teachers including San Marcos Unified, which is laying off 40 such workers, and Encinitas Union, where the number is 26. (more...)