Judge stops teacher layoffs
by thenotebook on Jun 06 2011
By Dale Mezzacappa and Benjamin Herold
Common Pleas Court Judge Idee C. Fox granteda temporary restraining order Monday sought by the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers that stops any layoffs at least until a hearing on June 14.
The PFT went to court while principals were distributing notices in their schools to more than teachers.
The union argued that the District wasn't following the contract because it was exempting teachers working in Promise Academies, which are turnaround schools run by the District and largely staffed by young teachers. The contract calls for layoffs to proceed according to seniority.
"Close to 200 teachers who received layoff notices today should not had been laid off had the Promise Academy teachers been treated the same way all other
