SD school employees warned of cuts, layoffs
By Maureen Magee/San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego city schools chief Bill Kowba issued a sobering letter to some 14,000 employees Friday, warning about grim finances and layoff notices set to land in mailboxes before the holidays under the threat of midyear cuts. Teachers are safe from midyear job cuts under state law that requires any potential layoffs to be signaled with March pink slips. Cafeteria workers, clerks, janitors and other workers may be terminated after a 45-day warning. About 55 nonteaching jobs are up for elimination by Feb. 2. However, a wave of layoff notices would be dispatched throughout the district to accommodate the seniority-based bumping process that gives seasoned employees the ability to take a position held by less-experienced colleague. (more...)