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Long Beach school district will issue 243 pink slips, mostly to teachers
- 05-13-2010
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By Kevin Butler/Long Beach Press Telegram
As teachers marched nearby in protest, members of the Long Beach Board of Education on Tuesday voted to issue pink slips to 243 employees - mostly teachers - at the end of this school year as part of a budget-cutting effort. The five-member board unanimously voted to lay off the employees to help the Long Beach Unified School District cut $90 million over the next two fiscal years. Ninety of those affected are workers on year-to-year contracts, while the remainder are permanent or probationary employees. Tuesday's pink slips are expected to be the first round of teacher layoffs and represent the latest step in a complex layoff process dictated by state law. (more...)
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