Teachers try to avoid layoff notices at hearings
Hundreds crowd weeklong hearings
By Cody Kitaura - Citizen Staff Writer
The Elk Grove Unified School District held hearings this week to ensure 760 preliminary layoff notices sent last month were given to the right employees.
Employees who attended the four days of hearings hope to keep their jobs because of seniority or additional qualification or certification.
District spokesperson Elizabeth Graswich said 500 people requested hearings to determine if someone else should have been sent a layoff notice before them.
Each person is entitled to an individual hearing, and on April 19 hundreds of teachers crowded into the district’s headquarters for standing-room-only proceedings.
Attendees lined the walls and sat on the floor, and some brought their own chairs. Many quietly read magazines, newspapers and novels while they waited for their names to be called.
Stephen Smith, an administrative law judge with the California Office of Administrative
Employees who attended the four days of hearings hope to keep their jobs because of seniority or additional qualification or certification.
District spokesperson Elizabeth Graswich said 500 people requested hearings to determine if someone else should have been sent a layoff notice before them.
Each person is entitled to an individual hearing, and on April 19 hundreds of teachers crowded into the district’s headquarters for standing-room-only proceedings.
Attendees lined the walls and sat on the floor, and some brought their own chairs. Many quietly read magazines, newspapers and novels while they waited for their names to be called.
Stephen Smith, an administrative law judge with the California Office of Administrative