As pink slip deadline arrives, more than 20,000 teachers laid off
March 15 has become an annual ritual marked by pain and distress for thousands of California teachers who will receive pink slips by the end of the day today, or will be waiting to receive them in the mail.
The last time most school districts did not have to issue layoff notices was in 2007-08, a year that is fast fading from memory.
"This will be the fourth bad year in a row," said Rick Pratt, assistant executive director of the California School Boards Association. He said according to figures gathered by the California Teachers Association, districts