All 2,000 Providence teachers told they could be fired - Yahoo! News:
"Thu Feb 24, 11:18 am ET
By Liz Goodwin"
Providence, Rhode Island Mayor Angel Taveras is sending layoff warnings to all 1,926 of the city's teachers.
They won't all be dismissed, but state law requires the city to notify teachers by March 1 whether the district could lay them off before the start of the next school year. School officials say warning every teacher gives them the freedom to let go many of them later without having to single any of them out now.
Providence's school district is facing a $40 million budget shortfall next year.
"Are there going to be less teachers? Yes," Taveras told The Providence Journal. "Will there be less schools open next year? Yes. Do I know which teachers and which schools? No."
As you can imagine, the local teachers' union is not taking the news well.
Go ahead Wisconsin teachers, make our day!
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