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Wednesday, April 25, 2012

LAUSD DUMPS TENURED TEACHERS WITHOUT VALID SKELLY HEARINGS - Perdaily.com

LAUSD DUMPS TENURED TEACHERS WITHOUT VALID SKELLY HEARINGS - Perdaily.com:


LAUSD DUMPS TENURED TEACHERS WITHOUT VALID SKELLY HEARINGS

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(Mensaje se repite en Español)

(For a national view of public education reform see the end of this blog post)


In the present feeding frenzy that the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) administration is engaging in as it dumps hundreds of teachers without anything even remotely resembling due process of law that is required by the landmark case of Skelly vs. State Personnel Board (1975), teachers need to be aware of what they and the District should really be doing, if they have any hope of keeping their jobs.

One need only look at the rules under which these mandatory Skelly Hearings for the removal of tenured teachers are supposed to be run to know that they are completely ignored by the District.
Everyone who is now being subjected to the Skelly Hearing process by LAUSD should be aware of the following:
1. It is not the teacher's job to explain anything. If the District does not provide the information