Laying off Firing 220 teachers in the middle of the first quarter of the school year is insane.
In one of the most turbulent days in its recent history, the D.C. public schools system laid off more than 200 teachers Friday and coped with the abrupt loss of its 300 security guards, whose company went out of business overnight Thursday.
The combination of events, which included a skirmish between students and police at McKinley Technology High School that resulted in two arrests, highlighted the challenges faced by Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee and Mayor Adrian M. Fenty (D) as they struggle to reform the troubled system in lean economic times. The layoffs were the deepest cuts for the school system since 2003.
How in the world is this NOT destructive for, at least, the rest of the first semester?
Not rehiring 220 teachers is one thing, firing them DURING the school year is intentionally trying to destroy the school system.
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