Students stage walkout over pink slips
Originally published March 16, 2012 at 1:24 p.m., updated March 16, 2012 at 5:54 p.m.
About 250 students staged a lunchtime walkout at Mission Bay High School Friday to show support for teachers at the campus who received layoff notices.
Chanting “save our teachers” and “we can’t learn if they can’t teach,” the students walked up and down Grand Avenue for about 90 minutes, protesting the San Diego Unified School District’s decision to issue more than 1,600 pink slips to teachers this week.
Thirteen out of 88 certificated employees at Mission Bay received pink slips.
The protest began around 12:30 p.m., just after lunch, when students walked out a west gate at the campus, where about 1,400 students are enrolled.
“They’ve been laying off teachers,” said Rebeca Partida, a sophomore, standing among a group of chanting students. “We
Chanting “save our teachers” and “we can’t learn if they can’t teach,” the students walked up and down Grand Avenue for about 90 minutes, protesting the San Diego Unified School District’s decision to issue more than 1,600 pink slips to teachers this week.
Thirteen out of 88 certificated employees at Mission Bay received pink slips.
The protest began around 12:30 p.m., just after lunch, when students walked out a west gate at the campus, where about 1,400 students are enrolled.
“They’ve been laying off teachers,” said Rebeca Partida, a sophomore, standing among a group of chanting students. “We
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
Dreaded layoff notices were handed out to teachers throughout San Diego city schools last week, in some cases along with pink roses and lottery tickets, pink leis and happy hour invitations.
Make no mistake, no one is celebrating the delivery of 1,600-plus pink slips to teachers in the San Diego Unified School District.
As unwelcome as they are, March layoff notices have become an annual ritual in many California schools, where they are as predictable as November parent-teacher conferences, spring testing and June commencement ceremonies. In the past
Make no mistake, no one is celebrating the delivery of 1,600-plus pink slips to teachers in the San Diego Unified School District.
As unwelcome as they are, March layoff notices have become an annual ritual in many California schools, where they are as predictable as November parent-teacher conferences, spring testing and June commencement ceremonies. In the past