“Layoff List” is more Bloomberg propaganda
The layoff list that the DoE issued today, linked in tomorrow’s Times, is a fraud. He is trying to line up political support and public opinion against seniority.
It is a fraud because layoffs are not necessary. The money is there. He wants this crisis.
It is a fraud because he acts as if they are terminations, firings. “Let me fire for cause! Let me fire my least favorites! There is a budget crisis and I am allowed to fire, er, layoff” He is intentionally conflating layoffs (from which teachers would be rehired) with terminations (which is what he is after).
It is a fraud because seniority is the one measure (length of service) we have that is NOT arbitrary. We all know