All 2,000 Providence teachers told they could be fired

[cory777]

Source: Yahoo News

Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras is sending layoff warnings to all 1,926 of the city's teachers.

They won't all be dismissed, but state law requires the city to notify teachers by March 1 whether the district could lay them off before the start of the next school year. School officials say warning every teacher gives them the freedom to let go many of them later without having to single any of them out now.

Providence's school district is facing a $40 million budget shortfall next year.

"Are there going to be less teachers? Yes," Taveras told The Providence Journal. "Will there be less schools open next year? Yes. Do I know which teachers and which schools? No."


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[defendandprotect]

1. We're firing the wrong people, imo -- we should be firing these elected officials -- !!

[alp227]

2. yeah i was thinking, fire dumb politicians like Boehner/Bachmann instead n/t

[Beartracks]

3. Why is education considered expendable? n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Procedural move

But it also lets locals know what is going to come