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    Buffalo School Board votes, 6-2, to approve layoffs of 63 teachers

    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.


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    http://www.buffalonews.com/city-regi...chers-20140820

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    It's refreshing to see the school board act like a school board not as the superintendent's friends and acquaintances employment agency.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gorja View Post
    It's refreshing to see the school board act like a school board not as the superintendent's friends and acquaintances employment agency.

    Agree. That said, I am sure there are some very promising teachers in this group of 63. Maybe this will have new teachers rethink their loyalty to a contract that is not there to protect them first.

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    Would they have laid off teachers with poor performance versus teachers that were promising?

    Did they look for cuts at the administration level?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    Would they have laid off teachers with poor performance versus teachers that were promising?

    Did they look for cuts at the administration level?

    It's the contract. Last in > First out.

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    I hear the charter schools are hiring. They're only temp jobs anyway as people move on to bigger and better things.

    If you want good "performance" (I assume by this you mean test scores) then you just have to fire only those teachers who had the poorest students whose parents were unedcated because that is the closest correlation (and the same reason business first rankings follow income / parental education levels) so closely.
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    In the last decade the BPS lost between 12000 and 15000 students. You can find more exact numbers in the minutes of the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Board. My belief is that when they started the reconstruction program there were 47,000 students who were going to be well educated as soon as the buildings were improved, at least that is what one assemblyman in Buffalo implied. A couple of years ago there were less than 35000. Where were the administrative layoffs, downsizing or vacancies left unfilled that would correspond to the drop in enrollment? If they ever occurred there was little publicity.

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_Public_Schools

    Buffalo Public Schools serves approximately 47,000 students in Buffalo, New York, the second largest city in the state of New York. It is located in Erie County of western New York and operates nearly 70 facilities.[3]



    http://www.buffaloschools.org/district.cfm?subpage=68

    The Buffalo School District is regarded as one of the premiere urban school systems in New York State. Serving 34,000 students in nearly 60 facilities, the district strives to bring exemplary teaching practices and unparalleled opportunities to its diverse student population.
    That is about a ~ 27% drop over 10 or so years. Where did they all go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by WNYresident View Post
    That is about a ~ 27% drop over 10 or so years. Where did they all go?
    Mostly points south, Atlanta, etc.

    If memory serves me correctly city population dropped pretty significantly from the mid 80's. About 20%. That would explain part of it and people aren't having as many children, probably the remaining 7%.

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