CPS to lay off 2,113 teachers, staff; CTU calls it ?a bloodbath? - Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Public Schools officials announced late Thursday that 2,113 teachers and other employees would be laid off Friday, largely due to a giant pension obligation increase thats straining the system.
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Of those being laid off, 1,077 are support staff and 1,036 are teachers. The laid off teachers represent about 4 percent of last years total faculty of 23,290.
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The layoffs come about a month after 850 employees were laid off 545 of them teachers mostly due to the closure of 48 schools.
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Who should we thank for this? The liberal government of Chicago? The teacher's union? Obama's "thriving" economy?
Chicago Public Schools officials announced late Thursday that 2,113 teachers and other employees would be laid off Friday, largely due to a giant pension obligation increase thats straining the system.
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Of those being laid off, 1,077 are support staff and 1,036 are teachers. The laid off teachers represent about 4 percent of last years total faculty of 23,290.
...
The layoffs come about a month after 850 employees were laid off 545 of them teachers mostly due to the closure of 48 schools.
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Who should we thank for this? The liberal government of Chicago? The teacher's union? Obama's "thriving" economy?