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Seattle school layoffs much less than in '09

Pink slips will go to 25 teachers and 11 elementary-school counselors in Seattle schools this week.

By Linda Shaw

Seattle Times education reporter

Pink slips will go to 25 teachers and 11 elementary-school counselors in Seattle schools this week.

Seattle Public Schools announced Wednesday that it will dismiss those employees effective next fall.

The numbers are smaller than last year, when the district laid off 161 teachers, counselors and other school personnel.

School officials say they are trying to minimize layoffs, and decided against sending pink slips to an additional 42 teachers without positions for the fall. That's because they think there is a good chance that jobs will open up through retirements and other departures.

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