I heard district wide Encinitas is giving 'pink slips', basically layoff notices, to 18 teachers. Three of them are at Paul Ecke Central. That is actually a very low number compared to the rest of the county and state. In Del Mar alone, 75 teachers district wide are receiving pink slips. These are dark days for education as the economy continues to slide. Wear pink to support your school and teachers. Do what you can to help keep programs in our school and remember this mess on election day!
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FYI - The Coast News reports that teacher layoffs are for teachers with 1-year contracts:
In response to the economic crisis, the district has budgeted conservatively. Yet, gaps in spending will make an impact on some classrooms. Temporary teachers on a one-year contract have been given notices. This differs from the infamous “pink slip” phenomenon that is spreading through other districts. “In many cases these teachers will be asked back if the permanent teacher they have replaced for the previous year decides not to return,” King said.
I've never heard of a one year 'contract'. Order of hire is temporary(first year), probationary(second year), and tenured(second day of your third year, or something like that). Temporary teachers don't get pink slips. Only probationary (one year) and tenured get pink slips.
I don't know that I agree, centraldad. I taught on a temporary basis for three years and received a pink slip every year (from 2002-2005). I did sign a temporary contract for the entire school year, but because the program under which I taught was non-essential, I always got a pink slip in March only to be re-hired back months later. This was for San Marcos, not Encinitas.
I'll stand corrected. The legal verbage might vary from district to district. Their isn't any legality to the order I listed, just, from my experience, how it usually goes. There are districts who string teachers along as 'temporary' for many years so they don't have to legally RIF (pink slip) them. If you got a pink slip as a temporary teacher, you are fortunate at that entitles you CTA support in monitoring your order of rehire. Regardless, Friday was a bleak day statewide no matter whether you were pinked or not. Ultimately, it is the students who lose.
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