OK. A teacher colleague said that we had to maintain an average student enrollment number between Labor Day and October 4th to not risk losing teacher units. Unfortunately, the average between those days was below the number. We already lost a teacher last year due to budget cuts and with ESSER funds drying up and a below-needed enrollment number, where will the cuts come from if we're stretched thin as it is?
No, there won’t be mid-year layoffs. That’s for certain. However, there was talk last year of RIF in the district but I believe enough non-renewals were done to avoid RIF. This year, I know we’ll lose a unit plus enrollment is down district-wide so it’s gonna be edgy in our county.
Well, I guess anything is possible. But it's only October so I wouldn't worry about it now. You'll end up sounding like that doomsday person who posts here constantly worried that robots will take over all the teacher jobs.
In my former district, it was usually April before they had all of the staffing finalized for the next year. However, my first four years I was let go due to loss of enrollment, and every single year they had hired me back before the end of the summer.
