Friday, July 16, 2010

LBUSD Process For Firing Teachers Stands Up In Court

Long Beach USD achieved a small victory for using criteria beyond seniority to fire teachers.

LBUSD Process For Firing Teachers Stands Up In Court
by Ryan ZumMallen
Long Beach News
07.08.10
After seven days of hearings, a judge ruled today in favor of the Long Beach Unified School District and denied the Teachers Association of Long Beach's assertion that the district did not follow rules while laying off employees.

The local Board of Education is going through its final list of layoffs on July 12.

The judge agreed that the district was within its rights to determine layoffs through its seniority system, its exemption of teachers with training in college readiness programs from the seniority system,

No comments: