On March 6th, the SDUSD Board of Education voted to approve issuing preliminary layoff notices to over 200 SDEA unit members. These layoffs are entirely unnecessary, given that the district is set to end this school year with millions of dollars in reserves.
On Tuesday, 3/26, pink-slipped teachers and allies marched into the SDUSD Board Meeting, holding pink pieces of paper with the number of students affected by their individual layoff. We then turned our back on the Board Members for three minutes to represent how they have turned their back on educators, standing up for one second for each school that is going to be impacted by these misguided layoffs. The action was covered by multiple media outlets and SDEA teachers shared how these cuts will have devastating impacts both in and out of the classroom.
After we announced our anti-layoff school board action, over 30 layoff notices were rescinded! And soon, we’ll be out in front of schools throughout the district with flyers, calling on families to join our fight and take action to let the school board members know that we will be forceful in defending our schools and students from these shortsighted and demoralizing layoffs.
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