SAN DIEGO SCHOOLS TO LAY OFF 1,000 MORE WORKERS

The San Diego Union Tribune reports:

The San Diego school board voted to eliminate nearly 1,000 nonteaching positions Tuesday night over the familiar protests of parents, teachers and others who have grown frustrated with budget cuts they say will give students a substandard education in an unsafe environment.

Under the San Diego Unified School District’s preliminary budget, more than 1,600 teachers and well over 1,000 full and part-time nonteaching employees — including classroom assistants, cafeteria workers, and office clerks — will be laid off next year.

The massive personnel reduction was approved to help San Diego Unified cope with the state’s ongoing cuts to education funding and offset a projected deficit of up to $122 million to the district’s $1.1 billion operating budget.

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