CSM - "Stimulus money puts teachers in layoff limbo" - I Guess Its Better To Be 100% Fired?

[Median Democrat]

I guess you have to give an award to the CSM for spinning a positive, that the stimulus is saving jobs, into a negative regarding the uncertainty of just how many jobs it can save. I guess in the eyes of the CSM it is better to be 100 percent sure you have been laid off, rather than be inconvenienced by a delay occasioned by efforts to save your job.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0421/p02s07-usgn.html

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An unprecedented $100 billion in federal stimulus money is starting to flow to school districts. Educators welcome the aid, but with most districts just starting to get estimates of how much they'll receive, it's adding complexity to an already confusing budget cycle.

Particularly challenging – and emotional – are decisions about how many teachers' jobs to fund for next year.

Deadlines have been coming up for renewing contracts, yet many state and local education budgets are in flux. That's putting tens of thousands of teachers into layoff limbo.

In some cases, jobs have already been saved. But pink slips are also going out, even as district leaders hope a good number of those jobs can be salvaged in time for the new school year.

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[Skittles]

1. then they will know how us IT workers live