500 More Layoffs Expected In Cleveland Schools

[UpInArms]

http://www.newsnet5.com/education/3350132/detail.html

CLEVELAND -- Hundreds of Cleveland public school teachers have been laid off recently, but that may have been just the beginning of the layoffs, reported NewsChannel5. Now, 500 more district employees are facing layoffs after talks on a buyout offer collapsed Tuesday between administrators and union leaders. The two sides were battling over pay raises.


A 3 percent increase for employees is scheduled to take place in July. The district proposed eliminating the increase to fund buyouts and help with the $100 million deficit. Union leaders countered by offering the money as a loan, but that was not accepted. Board members contend eliminating pay raises would have saved the district more than $20 million. Now the number of laid-off workers is expected to soar from 873 to 1,400.

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[Parche]

1. economic recovery

But we are in the middle of an economic recovery!!!!
SNARF

[mhr]

2. No Child Left Behind, Bush's Tax Cuts, The Recovery, Frodo's Charts

How is this possible?

It just doesn't make sense.