Sulphur Springs School District Governing Board members approved layoff notices for 21 employees at their meeting last week.
Layoff notices will be sent to three assistant principals, nine K-6 classroom teachers, eight K-6 teachers who are not assigned to classrooms and one instructional technology teacher, according to the Governing Board’s meeting agenda.
The move comes just weeks after the Castaic School District announced layoffs due to falling enrollment numbers.
The Sulphur Springs School District currently houses 5, 428 students but that number is expected to decline.
District officials must send the layoff notifications by March 15 in order to prepare for the closing of certain kinds of services because of overstaffing, declining enrollment and budget concerns for the 2015-16 school year.
A resolution allowed certified permanent, probationary and temporary personnel to be exempt for the layoffs due to Education Code 44955, which allows certified employees with special training, experience or credentials which others with more seniority may not have, to be spared from layoffs.
For employees which began employment at the same time, seniority was determined through a point system. The system will be done for each employee and numbers given to them even if not threatened with being laid off.
Layoff notices will not be official until the district’s 2015-2016 fiscal year budget is approved.
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Now why isn’t anybody in the D.O. receiving layoff notices???
Hopefully budget gets worked out and let’s get these teachers back to work.
Wow the kids are the future stop spending money on war give back to us not for ur own greed
Lay off educators and build an experimental rail service nobody wants,I don’t get it.
Does this mean class size will increase? :( Teachers are struggling with 28-30 Kids !
Lowered enrollment expected… I agree cuts should be across the district not just classified and non classified
Ridiculous.
Very sad!! Yes class size will increase! Was talking to my daughters kinder teacher and they will have up to 30 kids in kinder next year!! Right now their allowed 22. That is wayy to many kids for one teacher.
Very sad!! Yes class size will increase! Was talking to my daughters kinder teacher and they will have up to 30 kids in kinder next year!! Right now their allowed 22. That is wayy to many kids for one teacher.
I totally agree with you and I am sure John Ahart would agree as well. Let’s face it 30 kids is a lot period but 30 kids who are still learning to tie their shoes, blow their noses and use the bathroom is insane!!’
This is shameful! My 2nd and 6th grade daughters each have over 30 kids in their classes.
30 is the limit Amanda Carr-Buss, I don’t think there should be more by law. Castaic Union was one of only TWO districts in the entire state (the other Inglewood) that had a 4.1 MILLION dollar deficit and is in danger of having the state take over. They are letting go over 30 staff, it’s just awful. But the superintendent got a 5 digit raise…
I don’t understand how they are still in “business” with that kind of deficit…we miss 3 house payments and we can lose our house! Big government wants more people to be smart with their money then they really need to avoid being overdrawn on the $$$. And when it comes to education “trimming the fat” should start with the district office since they aren’t the ones in the classroom teaching the kids….and really why do we need more than one Asst. Superintendents? We survive with one superintendent!
My daughter already has 26 in her K class :/ Sad! We are at a different school. However this could effect all schools if kids are having to enroll somewhere else because of class sizes being to large next year.
Just something my to add though….you’ll never have to go to (or be told to) another school because of class sizes being large. Its actually BETTER to hit that 30 mark, in a sense. Just adding one more child to to let’s say a 3rd grade class. Meaning if one school has 4 3rd grade classes at the 30 capacity, adding one more child forces the district to hire one more teacher, thereby disbursing those 121 children into FIVE classes. Its the law. If I’m not mistaken, from all the meetings I’ve been to, 30 is the max. And the Santa Clarita Valley has been fortunate in a way, as for many years our classes haven’t hit that 30 mark long ago like many elementary schools in California. This is K-3 I think only. The limits for higher grades is higher. My husband teaches high school and he has had 40+ since 2006. We’ve had disgruntled parents threaten that they’ll move their child because of increased class sizes next year. That makes zero sense!! The class size is close to or at 30 everywhere else. I’m just grateful my 1st and 3rd grader had low class sizes (17-20) for these years. Now it’s unfortunately time for us to be where everyone else in California is. Sad, but it is what it is. :(
Boo!!!!!!
Boo!!!!
Well, thank goodness none of the worthless, top heavy district administration has apparently been affected! Sure, let’s can teachers before you trim the district’s administration! Great idea! They probably used Common Core to figure the math on this brilliant move! Oh wait, that’s not possible … They’d still be factoring out the calculations via the 16,769 steps needed to solve a simple math solution.
You mean the 9 vice principals that all make 80,000 grand a year lol. When I went to school we had one and one principle. Schools are like big government to many chiefs not enough Indians.
Randy you are so right on about this common core is a joke and ruined math
OMG that is so funny….because it’s true!
They should also get rid of “TK” now that the starting date in Kindergarten isn’t changing anymore.
What they should do is combine all of the districts into one. That would eliminate extra superintendents and unnecessary administrative positions and put the money back with the teachers and students.
Wow
That’s not logical at all Amanda Carr-Buss, although I certainly see where you come from. In Castaic district, we are only elementary and j.h. , which is great. High schools are VERY expensive to maintain, and I wouldn’t want our budget disappearing into theirs. Getting rid of one or two superintendents would be the least of the expenditures. In the broad scheme of things, the superintendents paycheck isn’t the problem. The entire valley is a problem. This entire area exploded between 2000 and 2006. And then the market crashed in 2008. It isn’t all about improper mgmt at the district offices. The state has for YEARS left the district short on funds. Imagine your boss (the state), owes you a dollar. And he’s allowed to say “Hey, I’m only going to give you 45 cents. But I owe you a dollar, so you have to spend that entire dollar as if you actually had it, or I won’t give you any $ next year. So the districts have to find that money. I.e. borrow from funds (like fund 40 and 52) which are legit and they are allowed to do. What happens when they NEVER pay that 55 cents? Which happened! Combined that with declining enrollment (more than double the median they prepared for) and it’s a recipe for disaster.
I wonder who the assistant principals are. Hopefully not Pine tree and Mitchell. She is awesome. It is extremely hard to run a school without them. I hope they go back into the classroom if that is where they were before.
Sadness!
I’ve got to add two cents here I’m sorry. First I wholeheartedly agree Admin should first have a major layoff. I’ve had children in Sulpher Springs and Los Angeles. My grandsons education was up here and some of the teachers were great. As a 24yr old paramedic he still talks about 2 teachers often. My education was in all Catholic Schools that always were 62 students max 75 for some special elective classes. Why are you demanding small classes? Are teachers now also taking over educational ‘babysitting’ that was and is a parents responsibility? If the parent doesn’t assume educational responsibility at home how do parents dare chastise a teacher if the grades are low? And are teachers not equipped to handle large classes? I don’t get it. All I hear are wow their going from 28-30 kids and it’s shameful. Get a grip !! What,you think if your small classes get ever so slightly larger then the teacher won’t have enough time to give to your child that extra help that you can’t give because of your busy schedule. If parents are disgruntled put your child in private school. If you want small classes don’t build more houses they have a way of children coming with a mortgage. Give your teachers a chance to teach and challenge their students, to inspire them to want more. And please please teach your children how to REALLY spell OMG!!
I don’t believe the low class size is a reaction to having to teach at home. I think the parents here are considering the teachers who are lacking in pay and have a non existent budget while the funds for education are going elsewhere. These teacher have so much pressure to reach required test scores, something your catholic education in the 50’s most likely didn’t experience. It’s nice of you to add two cents and assume it’s because parents don’t want to teach. This is a different time we live in. There are two working parents because there HAS to be to make a living, hints the busy schedule. We would love to have the freedom and lack of responsibility that the good old baby boomers had, but then we’d be putting our youth in the same situation we’re in.
Well perhaps building more schools out here would be a great alternative to laying off teachers. I wonder how many more school days are going to be lost. I don’t think there is one month during the school year that my kids do not have a student free day, late start or some holiday. Then I hear teachers getting frustrated because they have to teach to test. I like my kids teachers but honestly, the union is ridicules considering everything that’s taken place and all the changes to these schools.
Nicole Selter. I beg to differ. I don’t think you read my letter correctly. I’ve raised 5 daughters up in the SCV and a grandson. I have effectively had continuos education on every level since 1953 more than you can say I’m sure and as a single working parent since 1968. So I’ve seen all the changes in the school system from it being a school you drop your child off and allow the teacher to teach to being so overly ‘regulated’ the most important person,the teacher, is being chocked. Teachers didn’t say ‘oh I want all that paperwork and with the time left I’ll teach’. Imagine what extra teaching time could do for your child, inspire your child. In Catholic school it’s paid tuition. My parents were dirt poor. They paid my tuition by doing jobs around the church AFTER BOTH of their full time jobs. My 8th grade tuition was paid by me personally with 2years of babysitting money. My Catholic High School by my working 3 jobs after school, University scholarships and jobs with 3 single parent daughters. Let me enlighten you about the level of education in the Catholic Archdiocese when I was going to school. It was drummed into us they expected us to be 75% better than public school. We were tested every year from 6th grade if we didn’t make the grade a letter went out ‘suggesting ‘ we go to public school. We took entrance tests to get INTO Catholic high school just like college. You have no idea if, in my profession,I’m a doctor, educator, mechanic or attorney as they employ all and then some. I’m just as concerned as you about the poor quality of education and how we keep lowering the bar for quality and basics. Turn around and quickly ask your child the difference between to, too,two,which ones a verb or adverb. Bet they can’t. If your striving for them to be doctors,lawyers,astronaut, engineers they better know because that’s the world they will live in. Your signature is on all legal documents you enter into etc. and now their not teaching cursive writing. I have daughters living in other countries I can tell you their children are being taught in regular local schools in all of the above for their being able to have a profession in the Global Market. Please I’m just stating that what and how I was taught were the building blocks to make our children be more prosperous than us etc. Isn’t that what we parents want? To achieve more than we do? You Lets redirect our energies to overhauling the system so your children’s children will have a better chance in this global age. Have a good St. Paddy’s Day !!
My fourth grader has 32 in her class. This is so upsetting
You would think with the highest taxes in the country, and the waste of mello roose teachers would have no layoffs and school would be in full swing. But nope furlough days short day weds, and all the money they saved by installing solar powers? Would love the districts to figure where the money goes?
I always love the large class size arguments. I grew up going to a private school where we had 36 kids in our class. Same in high school.
If large class size hurts you,then I guess I have done wrong in life as I own 3 homes, make almost $200k a year, and I am invested in a local business in SCV.
I guess the point I am trying to make is I didn’t need my hand held and given more personal attention. The teacher was there to teach and I was there to learn.
My kids classes are about 30 each and they know they are there to learn also. If they have difficulty with something then my wife and I review it with them at home.
They just did the same to the Castaic Schools. But of course, nobody in the district office was cut.
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Instead of giving money to wars give that to this teachers that they are helping kids toi lear
Instead of giving money to wars give that to this teachers that they are helping kids toi lear
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