DISPLACED, "RIFed" or SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS - LAUSD PLAYS BY ITS OWN RULES - Perdaily.com

DISPLACED, "RIFed" or SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS - LAUSD PLAYS BY ITS OWN RULES - Perdaily.com:

DISPLACED, "RIFed" or SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS - LAUSD PLAYS BY ITS OWN RULES

by Leonard Isenberg

PRINCIPAL'S PET???

(Mensaje se repite en Español)

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

As thousands lose their teaching positions, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is supposed to make teacher cuts while abiding by its Collective Bargaining Agreement with United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA). These decisions are supposed to be made exclusively based on the credential you have and your seniority determined by date-of-hire lists. So why is Central High School  Emergency Credentialed, maximum 30-day substitute Jesse Williams still working? Is this a mere oversight OR an easily documented phenomenon throughout the District, where