Teachers await selections of charter operators
COREY WILLIAMS, Associated Press
Updated 06:03 a.m., Saturday, July 7, 2012
DETROIT (AP) — Thousands of laid-off Michigan public school teachers don't know if they will have jobs waiting for them when classes resume this fall in their state-run districts.
Detroit is expected to slice 800 teachers from its ranks by recalling only 3,300 of 4,100 teachers who received layoff notices earlier this year. Meanwhile, their counterparts in Muskegon Heights and Highland Park must wait until companies are selected to run them as charter systems.
Who and how many get hired is up to the charter operators.
"Right now, they're just laid off," Michigan Education Association spokesman Doug Prattsaid of teachers in the cash-strapped districts. "This is creating huge uncertainties for