CPS lays off more than 500 teachers, another 500 school-based workers

[TexasTowelie]

Source: Chicago Tribune

Chicago Public Schools is laying off more than 500 teachers and another 500 school-based staff members, the district said Friday.

The teachers being laid off will be eligible to apply for jobs in the district, which has about 1,000 teaching vacancies, officials said. The majority of affected personnel are expected to be hired into open positions at other schools, CPS said.

In past years, about 60 percent of teachers who have been laid off have been rehired in full-time positions in the district, CPS said. The layoffs and rehirings occur regularly at CPS as principals respond to changes in enrollment.

The district said 273 of the 500-plus district-run schools will have no teacher or staff impacts in the coming year.

Read more: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-schools-teacher-layoffs-0806-20160805-story.html

[marble falls]

1. Why not transfering these teachers and staff instead of laying them off?

[obamanut2012]

2. That's what I was thinking -- this seems needlessly inefficient

[marble falls]

3. It might be a way of stripping senority away?

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

4. That's true.

However, with 500 fewer teacher jobs available, principals are still only able to hire half of the teachers laid off. Half will lose their jobs. The best teachers (hopefully) will be hired, and the rest will have to look for jobs in other districts, I suppose.

If the schools have to hire within this group of teachers, I have no problem with this. However, if the other schools who will be hiring can hire outside of this group, I do have a problem with it. It's union busting.

[lindysalsagal]

7. I have no doubt that veterans (more expensive) were laid off

and will be replaced by younger, cheaper ones, with less job security.

Don't know the state of the unions there, but this couldn't happen in my state.

[obamanut2012]

6. Agreed-- has to be

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

5. Principals have control over who they hire

in our district. They should have to hire from the pool laid off, however, unless there are no teachers with the proper qualifications (music teacher, for example).