Tulsa, Oklahoma has been hit hard by the recession. Today 114 public school employees lost their jobs and 47 additional vacant positions will remain unfilled. The layoffs will save up to $5.6 million during the current school year. State aid to Tulsa Public Schools has been $6.5 million less than last year. The school deficit [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 5, 2009
Washington DC laid off 388 school employees, including more than 200 teachers, on Friday. At the same time, struggling security company Hawk One, which supplied security guards for the 127 public schools in the district, went out of business. Schools in DC opened this morning without security guards and short on staff as [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
Massachusetts’ Bourne School Department has laid off four teachers and a nurse, due to a lack of funds caused by an accounting error. Three elementary school teachers and a middle school teacher lost their jobs. The layoffs were made by seniority. Also, two assistant principals are being reassigned as teachers. Bourne is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 5, 2009
The Rochester, New York Board of Education is laying off 130 teachers, but will keep 40 employees who were previously targeted. Those jobs saved by a Board vote include music teachers, school psychologists and social workers. The Board is still considering cuts in programs and classes. The Rochester City School District is a public school district that serves [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 31, 2009
The Donna, Texas Independent School District is cutting 229 jobs, affecting all departments. The layoffs will be finished by the end of next month. One hundred of the positions were unfilled and have already been eliminated. The layoffs will include classroom aides, cafeteria workers, custodians, and security guards. Teachers will not be targeted. The Donna Independent School [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 10, 2009
Wichita, Kansas City Manager Robert Layton has unveiled a new budget plan that would save some city jobs. The initial budget proposal would have outsourced park lawn care, laying off 50 workers. The new budget, contingent on concessions from the employees’ union, would save an undisclosed number of those positions. The new budget also cuts money for [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 27, 2009
The Seminole County, Florida School District will spend $22 million in federal stimulus money to pay the salaries of 401 school teachers, including 150 who would otherwise have been laid off. In fact, the district will hire 31 new teachers. But some job cuts will still be made, including 79 non-teaching jobs. The district says one teaching [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 26, 2009
The Antioch, California Unified School District Board has eliminated six top administrative positions, cutting $825,000 from the 2009-10 budget. The eliminated positions are chief academic officer, human resources director, extended education official, coordinator for student support services, and two assistant superintendents. Earlier this year the board laid off its public information officer. The school district is looking [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Los Angeles Unified School District is canceling nearly 500 layoffs. School administrators are using funds to “buy back” teachers and counselors. The LAUSD faces a $133-million deficit this fiscal year, and has issued preliminary layoff notices to 2,500 employees. The Los Angeles Unified School District is the largest public school system in California, and the second-largest in [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 10, 2009
In an effort to cut $100 million, the Chicago Public Schools will eliminate up to 1,000 non-classroom positions. Half of the layoffs will target the central administration; 27% of jobs there will be cut. Another 500 jobs will be eliminated next year. Chicago Public Schools is a large school district that manages over 600 public elementary and [...]
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