1,500+ OC Teachers Might Lose Jobs

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1,500+ OC Teachers Might Lose Jobs











SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Nearly 1,600 teachers could lose their jobs as Orange County's 28 school districts scramble to find ways to cut from their operating budgets amid a mounting state budget crisis.





The school districts must develop plans to slash about 204 million dollars, or 5 percent, from their budgets.





They say they've mulled options including laying off teachers, increasing class size, cutting security guards and eliminating music programs.





State law requires that school districts approve budgets in June, but they must give layoff notices to teachers in danger of losing their positions by March 15.













 
Yup. I think they should cut the budget. Schools should go back to just having principals, counselors, secretaries, teachers, and aides. They don't need all those costly "special" programs.
 
Usually, unions layoff by seniority. If so, then you'd expect the more senior teachers who had moved into the admin office (for curriculum planning or whatever) to go back out into the schools and teach again, displacing the newer less experienced teachers who would then get laid off.
 
My wife is a 2nd year teacher, and has heard that all/most 1st year teachers will be getting a pink slip this year due to budget cuts.

Sucks...
 
I don't know why we need ANY "assistant principals" who mainly corral kids and are responsible for discipline. I think hs_teacher has it right. Too much ancillary crap involved in education these days. Back to basics. I also think that music and art should be included in the "basics."
 
<p>"My wife is a 2nd year teacher, and has heard that all/most 1st year teachers will be getting a pink slip this year due to budget cuts."</p>

<p>It's more than just 1st year teachers in IUSD. My better-half fortunately has nine years experience but teachers at her school with 2-3 years experience have been pinked, although in their case it is technically just notification of contract non-renewal. </p>
 
I have no sympathy for the teachers union. Did any of you catch John Stossel (60 minutes) expose on how teachers unions always protect bad teachers from termination. NY couldn't fire any bad teachers and had a whole building where they had to send bad teachers with pay and no work just to get them out of the classroom.



When my mom was a teach in CA many eons ago teachers had to work at least 5 years to get seniority. In the 70s or 80s it was cut to only 2 years. Arnold (the guveninator) tried to restore the 5 year period by initiative and the teachers union crucified him on TV. Even my mom, a former teacher, was against Arnold and with the teachers union based on their misleading TV adds until she read the initiative and said to me, gee, they get seniority after only 2 years. Wow. We didn't have that when I was teaching. And this only increases it to 5 years. Should never had been less than 5 years to start with. Whats the fuss.



Until the teachers union gets more reasonable managment's ability terminate bad teachers and gets off their protect my members at the expense of everyone else nonsense I'll stay a union buster.
 
Very sad…

<p class="MsoNormal">I know teachers who gave up big paying salaries in the corporate world to follow their dreams and teach. To give back to the world, in the form of well equipped young adults into our society.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">They make less than half what they made in the corporate world, and put in twice the time. I see these people at their desks at home at night and on the weekends… preparing, grading, reading all for these kids. Even special events on the weekends to enter challenges and learn how to think outside the box and give these kids the opportunity to compete. All on the teachers own time.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">Every teacher I have ever known has told me it’s the bureaucracy that kills the spirit in teachers, and forces them to leave their chosen profession. Too much BS and Red Tape is costing us money and making us lose good teachers.</p>

<p class="MsoNormal">I was fortunate enough to go to private schools with small class sizes. I know I would have struggled in a large class… so I understand that for so many kids… large classes would be detrimental. </p>
 
My daughter's teacher has a web page where she has a "wish list" with items that she'd like to have for her class: paper towels, rims of paper, etc. and as soon as we parents see one item we go a buy it and give it to her, I think is brilliant idea.





I'm willing to give money if there's a fundraising event for TUSD/IUSD.
 
<p><strong><em>"My daughter's teacher has a web page where she has a "wish list" with items that she'd like to have for her class: paper towels, rims of paper, etc"</em></strong></p>

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<p>I know it is common these days for a teacher to have wish lists they put out like this one... but it still makes me so very sad that our teachers do not have normal/common everyday items in order to do their jobs... They resort to purchasing these items out of their own pocket. </p>

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<p>Where does this money go??????</p>

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<p><em>I also think that music and art should be included in the "basics."</em></p>

<p>Amen! I hate it when I hear music and art programs are being cut. I wouldn't be the person I am today without my music and performing arts education.</p>
 
Every time we need to cut budgets in the government, the first thing we hear about is teachers and libraries. Why can't Arnold get everyone to cut budgets by 10 %......spread the pain around a bit. I companies when things slow down you do everything you can to save jobs of key employs(the ones that actually do the work).
 
Speaking of budget cuts in schools, it could be an interesting summer...


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<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-taxes5mar05,0,2627191.story">State Democrats determined to raise taxes</a></strong>


Legislative leaders, saying school cuts under the governor's proposed budget are unacceptable, are prepared to dig in for a long fight to get about $5 billion in tax increases.


SACRAMENTO -- Democratic legislative leaders declared this morning that they are prepared to delay the state budget this year if that's what it takes to get tax increases, which they called the only reasonable solution to California's multibillion-dollar shortfall.





"This is going to be the fight of a lifetime," Senate leader Don Perata (D-Oakland) declared at a news conference on the steps of a Sacramento high school that faces teacher layoffs and bigger classes under the governor's proposed budget, which closes the deficit with spending cuts, borrowing and deferrals.





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Perata drew his line in the sand while standing with his successor as Senate chief, Democrat Darrell Steinberg of Sacramento, and other Democratic senators and school leaders. Perata said the governor's proposal to cut school spending by 10% is unacceptable, and Democrats will reject any budget that includes less for education next year than this year.





Asked how Democrats propose to make up the difference, Perata said: "Raise taxes. That clear enough? Raise taxes." ...
 
What my daughter's teacher puts on her web page is no "essential" stuff like books, only minor stuff that helps her to do a better job, if they are planning to do a field trip, like low sugar fruit juices, water bottles, consumbles stuff, etc.
 
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