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More than 4,000 NYC Teachers May Be Laid Off

NYC School administrators face scrutiny as they plan to lay off approximately 4,100 teachers. Of course, lawmakers are mostly to blame as they have drastically cut public education funding. The teachers that have to worry the most about their futures are the ones that have been most recently hired. School systems across the US have always valued seniority the most. The old adage of “last one hired, first one fired” certainly didn't start in the education sector, but it is one of the last industries to hold on to these antiquated rules.

Teachers with less than four years of experience in NYC schools will make up the majority of the 4,100 lay offs. In addition, teachers that have frequently been reprimanded or are nearing retirement may also be eliminated. Schools that have recently opened and hired hundreds of new teachers may take the brunt of the lay offs.

Neither school administrators nor parents have any idea of who will be teaching their students next school year. Some educators have taken to teaching summer school courses in order to supplement their incomes. Until NYC school administrators have come up with a definitive list, none of the soon to be laid off teachers will know if they will have a job next year. Parents are asking that they are given the opportunity to appeal the decision, but this is highly unlikely. Laid off teachers will have the option of applying for other education based positions in the city of NYC, but they may have to go to a different borough.

10.06.2011. 02:49