In continuing to march to a different beat, the Buffalo School Board laid off 62 teachers, some of which were expecting to get approved for tenure instead.
Buffalo Teachers Federation President Phil Rumore called the late layoffs notices “inhumane” and “callous.”
Board member Larry Quinn, however, placed much of the blame for how the layoffs occurred at the feet of unions, saying unwieldy contracts are affecting who can be laid off and creating a complicated trickle-down effect that pushes out many teachers who are best suited to teach children.
At the end of the day, it's pretty obvious that the new school board is not going to be influenced by the court of public opinion and its jester Rumore. No doubt these layoffs hurt but so do the contracts that forced them.
#gameon
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