Public school teachers will be losing jobs

[Anonymous]

I have heard from two well-placed sources that based on projected enrollment figures in two different public school districts, schools are already planning for teacher lay offs for next school year.

I genuinely wonder if the teachers saw that one coming.

[Anonymous]

Good. Natural consequences.

[Anonymous]

Fwiw I don’t believe it.

[Anonymous]

They should hire more teachers to help students catch up on what they missed.

[Anonymous]

I would imagine this is based on contracting of budgets (the economy sucked last year, so less tax revenue), plus people pulling kids out of public schools means less funding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine this is based on contracting of budgets (the economy sucked last year, so less tax revenue), plus people pulling kids out of public schools means less funding.

No, state budgets are doing great, from all the stimulus money.

It has to do with the number of students, not state budgets. It means that private schools will be increasing their numbers of teachers -- but private schools don't pay as well as public.

[Anonymous]

But also the stimulus money might help shore up the budget shortfalls, so you'd have fewer lay-offs than might otherwise happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fwiw I don’t believe it.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine this is based on contracting of budgets (the economy sucked last year, so less tax revenue), plus people pulling kids out of public schools means less funding.

No, state budgets are doing great, from all the stimulus money.

It has to do with the number of students, not state budgets. It means that private schools will be increasing their numbers of teachers -- but private schools don't pay as well as public.

Also non-unionized plus fewer benefits, I'd imagine.

[Anonymous]

It would be helpful to see the OP's source of the claims. Or any public reporting.

Here's one from DC: https://www.npr.org/local/305/2021/04/01/983446941/parents-fight-to-keep-d-c-public-schools-staff-amid-expected-budget-cuts

[Anonymous]

Here's reporting from 2021, that's prior to the most recent stimulus package. Plus it is more general than just the DMV:

https://theconversation.com/school-budgets-have-held-up-better-than-expected-in-some-states-but-looming-cuts-will-hurt-learning-long-after-pandemic-ends-151895

[Anonymous]

It's not at its root budget cuts. It's less kids. It could be budget cuts due to fewer kids though. Their funding is based on the number of students enrolled (among other factors).

I also don't believe private schools just pick up all these teachers. I think some portion of kids will be doing school under different circumstances and traditional private/public, brick and mortar options are no longer the only game in town.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would imagine this is based on contracting of budgets (the economy sucked last year, so less tax revenue), plus people pulling kids out of public schools means less funding.

No, state budgets are doing great, from all the stimulus money.

It has to do with the number of students, not state budgets. It means that private schools will be increasing their numbers of teachers -- but private schools don't pay as well as public.

Also non-unionized plus fewer benefits, I'd imagine.

Way fewer benefits, lower salary, less job security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should hire more teachers to help students catch up on what they missed.

This is what our district is doing. Superintendent requested a 10% increase over last years budget to hire 32 more teachers (across 6 schools) to help with learning loss.

[Anonymous]

You mean during the nationwide teacher shortage? Okay. Maybe they'll get rid of the trailer parks of classroom modulars in the back while they're at it.