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27th November 2015, 03:17 PM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/19/cps-layoff_n_3623256.html The Chicago Public School district is slashing more than 2,100 employees, nearly 1,000 of them teachers, in the largest layoff of district employees in recent years.
The Chicago Teachers Union announced news of the layoff Thursday evening (http://ctulocal1.tumblr.com/post/55820552646/cps-continues-its-attack-on-teachers-students-and) noting staff cuts include teachers, lunchroom staff, paraprofessionals, janatorial and school support staff.
Blaming a ballooning pension obligation that's stressing the already cash-strapped district, CPS confirmed it was laying off 2,113 employees Friday, (http://www.suntimes.com/21401916-761/cps-to-lay-off-roughly-2100-staff-including-veteran-teachers-this-week-union.html)according to Sun-Times reports. With 1,036 teachers getting pink-slipped, the total accounts for roughly 4 percent of the district's entire teaching staff.
CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett called the cuts frustrating (http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/CTU-Nearly-2100-CPS-Teachers-Staff-to-Be-Cut-216088831.html)according to NBC Chicago, and put the need for the budget cuts largely at the feet of the Illinois General Assembly which has failed to find a solution to the state's pension obligations.
The union, meanwhile, called the cuts a "bloodbath," (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9178133) with CTU President Karen Lewis blasting Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his hand-picked district CEO (https://www.facebook.com/ctulocal1/posts/654590524570915) for leading the charge:
"It's unconscionable for a mayor who has found creative ways to create new bike lanes, a bike share program, lure white collar jobs and massive investment to the loop and gold coast -- but blames Springfield and teachers for CPS's budget crisis-- to layoff over 3,000 educators in the nation's third largest school district...The CEO and the mayor are making excuses not improvements."
Teachers on the receiving end of the bad news will be notified by their principals Friday. The teacher layoffs affect both tenured and non-tenured teachers (http://www.wbez.org/news/education/cps-layoff-more-2000-employees-108109), WBEZ reports. CPS says laid-off teachers can re-apply for positions in the district and that roughly 60 percent are able to find jobs.
The layoff comes just one month after the district slashed 850 employees (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/cps-layoffs_n_3444324.html) in June. As WGN notes, the district had earlier said the June layoff would be the only one of the school year. (http://wgntv.com/2013/07/18/ctu-additional-cps-layoffs-expected-friday/)
The district said it wouldn't commit to reversing the layoffs (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/22880723/thousands-of-cps-workers-to-get-layoff-notices-friday)even if lawmakers do strike a deal for pension reform, the Associated Press reports.
In 2010, CPS laid off 1,200 teachers due to a fiscal crisis, (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cps-layoffs-20130719,0,4180625.story) with the Tribune reporting some 65 percent were later re-hired.
CPS is the second-largest employer in the both in Chicago and state-wide, ranking only behind the U.S. government, (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/lists?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=1643&djoPY=%40pGKJyF3ZKmUM) according to Crain's Chicago Business.
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Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students protest outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters against the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Alan Mares and other students demonstrate outside the office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students demonstrate outside the office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students protest outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters against the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264232_sq50.jpgParents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Yolanda Harris, a parent of four children attending Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School is consoled after Harris led a protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2840140_sq50.jpgAsean Johnson, 9, a third-grader at Marcus Garvey Elementary, speaks to Chicago Public School Chiefs, including Tony McPhearson, Tom Tyrrell, Karen Saffold and Commander James Gibson of the Chicago Police Department, in defense of his school during a community meeting, April 13, 2013 at Harlin High School in Chicago, Illinois. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264235_sq50.jpgParents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School protest outside the school, the proposed closing of the Southside facility Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264236_sq50.jpgParents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School hug Yolanda Harris after she organized a protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264237_sq50.jpgParents protest outside the home of Chicago's Board of Education President David Vitale’s house Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. Teachers say the city of Chicago has begun informing teachers, principals and local officials about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264238_sq50.jpgParents protest outside the home of Chicago's Board of Education President David Vitale’s house Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. Teachers say the city of Chicago has begun informing teachers, principals and local officials about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264239_sq50.jpgEvlar Hatchett, whose 13-year-old nephew's school is in jeopardy of closing, speaks after a news conference held by the Committee to Save North Lawndale Schools Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. The city of Chicago has begun informing teachers about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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The Chicago Teachers Union announced news of the layoff Thursday evening (http://ctulocal1.tumblr.com/post/55820552646/cps-continues-its-attack-on-teachers-students-and) noting staff cuts include teachers, lunchroom staff, paraprofessionals, janatorial and school support staff.
Blaming a ballooning pension obligation that's stressing the already cash-strapped district, CPS confirmed it was laying off 2,113 employees Friday, (http://www.suntimes.com/21401916-761/cps-to-lay-off-roughly-2100-staff-including-veteran-teachers-this-week-union.html)according to Sun-Times reports. With 1,036 teachers getting pink-slipped, the total accounts for roughly 4 percent of the district's entire teaching staff.
CPS CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett called the cuts frustrating (http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/CTU-Nearly-2100-CPS-Teachers-Staff-to-Be-Cut-216088831.html)according to NBC Chicago, and put the need for the budget cuts largely at the feet of the Illinois General Assembly which has failed to find a solution to the state's pension obligations.
The union, meanwhile, called the cuts a "bloodbath," (http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=9178133) with CTU President Karen Lewis blasting Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his hand-picked district CEO (https://www.facebook.com/ctulocal1/posts/654590524570915) for leading the charge:
"It's unconscionable for a mayor who has found creative ways to create new bike lanes, a bike share program, lure white collar jobs and massive investment to the loop and gold coast -- but blames Springfield and teachers for CPS's budget crisis-- to layoff over 3,000 educators in the nation's third largest school district...The CEO and the mayor are making excuses not improvements."
Teachers on the receiving end of the bad news will be notified by their principals Friday. The teacher layoffs affect both tenured and non-tenured teachers (http://www.wbez.org/news/education/cps-layoff-more-2000-employees-108109), WBEZ reports. CPS says laid-off teachers can re-apply for positions in the district and that roughly 60 percent are able to find jobs.
The layoff comes just one month after the district slashed 850 employees (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/14/cps-layoffs_n_3444324.html) in June. As WGN notes, the district had earlier said the June layoff would be the only one of the school year. (http://wgntv.com/2013/07/18/ctu-additional-cps-layoffs-expected-friday/)
The district said it wouldn't commit to reversing the layoffs (http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/22880723/thousands-of-cps-workers-to-get-layoff-notices-friday)even if lawmakers do strike a deal for pension reform, the Associated Press reports.
In 2010, CPS laid off 1,200 teachers due to a fiscal crisis, (http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/education/ct-met-cps-layoffs-20130719,0,4180625.story) with the Tribune reporting some 65 percent were later re-hired.
CPS is the second-largest employer in the both in Chicago and state-wide, ranking only behind the U.S. government, (http://www.chicagobusiness.com/section/lists?djoPage=view_html&djoPid=1643&djoPY=%40pGKJyF3ZKmUM) according to Crain's Chicago Business.
Earlier on HuffPost:
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Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students protest outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters against the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Alan Mares and other students demonstrate outside the office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students demonstrate outside the office of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Students protest outside the Chicago Public Schools headquarters against the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264232_sq50.jpgParents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Yolanda Harris, a parent of four children attending Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School is consoled after Harris led a protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2840140_sq50.jpgAsean Johnson, 9, a third-grader at Marcus Garvey Elementary, speaks to Chicago Public School Chiefs, including Tony McPhearson, Tom Tyrrell, Karen Saffold and Commander James Gibson of the Chicago Police Department, in defense of his school during a community meeting, April 13, 2013 at Harlin High School in Chicago, Illinois. (Anthony Souffle/Chicago Tribune/MCT via Getty Images)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264235_sq50.jpgParents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School protest outside the school, the proposed closing of the Southside facility Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264236_sq50.jpgParents of students at the Dumas Technology Academy Elementary School hug Yolanda Harris after she organized a protest outside the school over the proposed closing of the Southside facility by the Chicago Board of Education, Friday, March 22, 2013, in Chicago. Chicago Public Schools officials ended months of speculation when they released the list of 54 schools the city plans to close, but the pushback against Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his schools chief is likely just starting to ramp up.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264237_sq50.jpgParents protest outside the home of Chicago's Board of Education President David Vitale’s house Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. Teachers say the city of Chicago has begun informing teachers, principals and local officials about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264238_sq50.jpgParents protest outside the home of Chicago's Board of Education President David Vitale’s house Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. Teachers say the city of Chicago has begun informing teachers, principals and local officials about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/288347/slide_288347_2264239_sq50.jpgEvlar Hatchett, whose 13-year-old nephew's school is in jeopardy of closing, speaks after a news conference held by the Committee to Save North Lawndale Schools Thursday, March 21, 2013, in Chicago. The city of Chicago has begun informing teachers about which public schools it intends to close under a contentious plan that opponents say will disproportionately affect minority students in the nation's third largest school district. Chicago Public Schools hasn't said how many schools or students will be affected, but administrators identified up to 129 schools that could be shuttered, saying many serve too few students to justify remaining open. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
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Students march through the Loop protesting the city's plan to close more than 50 elementary schools on March 25, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Last week the city announced the plan claiming it was necessary to rein in a looming $1 billion budget deficit. The closings would shift about 30,000 students to new schools and leave more than 1,000 teachers with uncertain futures. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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