Chicago Public Schools - 400 - 600 Layoffs / job cut notices this week

[Baclava]

Wow - what's going on up there?


400 CPS teachers to get the ax this week

LAYOFFS | 200 other staffers also targeted on eve of key budget talks

It has begun. The first round of the long-anticipated, school-based layoffs by Chicago Public Schools to deal with a record $370 million budget deficit will claim 600 staffers by week's end.

Notices began going out Wednesday to 400 classroom teachers and 200 educational support personnel, a CPS official said. The 600 represent staff at about 200 Track E elementary schools that start their year earlier than most schools, on Aug. 10.

The notifications -- actually confirmations of the layoff-possibility notices CPS and other districts were required by law to have sent teachers earlier this summer in the face of an Illinois cash crunch...

http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/2522954,CST-NWS-ctu22.article

[OverDone]

1. Its a mess

I just saw that article too, unfortunately its not the only area getting hit. There are tons of areas, losing not only teachers, but all types of jobs.
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