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发帖数: 19398 | 1 CPS announces layoffs of more than 1,100
Roughly 1,100 Chicago Public Schools employees are being laid off, among
them 550 teachers whose jobs were cut because of declining enrollment,
officials said Thursday.
The teachers who were laid off are eligible to reapply for jobs elsewhere in
CPS, officials said. In past years, more than 60 percent of displaced
teachers have found work within CPS, according to the district.
CPS said it expects to fill about 1,780 teaching vacancies before school
starts in the fall to fill gaps left by retirements, resignations and staff
turnover, as well as to fill slots at schools where enrollment increased.
Close to 80 percent of the teaching vacancies are full-time positions, the
district said.
The 600 nonteaching workers affected by layoffs included clerks, assistant
teaching positions and part-time security personnel, the district said.
CPS officials did not disclose which schools or communities were affected by
the layoffs, but said roughly one-third of district-run schools would lose
some teachers, officials said.
School leaders were contacting impacted teachers by telephone on Thursday,
district officials said, and CPS authorities were to discuss staff
reductions with the Chicago Teachers Union later in the day.
CTU President Karen Lewis said in a statement that the layoffs represent “
yet another brutal attack on public education in Chicago” and used the
occasion to take as shot at Mayor Rahm Emanuel's pursuit of President Barack
Obama's library and filmmaker George Lucas' museum.
“This decision further demonstrates the disdain for public education and
the lack of leadership and vision for the city from our mayor and his
handpicked board,” Lewis said in the statement. “Do we want 'Star Wars'
museums or public, neighborhood schools? Do we want presidential libraries
or librarians for every child?”
CPS officials said the number of teachers laid off is the lowest in the last
five years. The cuts are partly the result of a per-pupil funding formula
unveiled by the district last year.
The teachers cut Thursday are in addition to those who lost their jobs
because of the Chicago Board of Education's April vote to overhaul the staff
at three academically underperforming schools. In an effort to raise the
performance level of those schools, almost all employees are let go and a
new staff is hired.
A CPS spokesman said the exact number of positions affected by the
turnaround process isn't clear. |
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