CPS this past Monday added 250 more staff who were provided with layoff notices due to a decrease in enrollment of some 13,800 students. The layoffs are in addition to the 1,000 who were laid off in August. It seems as though the trend of enrollment decreases, along with those being let go, show any sign of abating in the coming months.
The CPS brass based the enrollment decreases on the 10th day of attendance in current school year though Monday was actually the 20th day of classes. It will be interesting to see, as we move forward, if enrollment goes up. Should that occur, the question becomes, will CPS then add more staff back to the classrooms?
All of this portends more bad news as the Oct. 11th strike deadline approaches. It almost seems a foregone conclusion that a strike, sadly, is likely to occur.
Dick
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