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This second round of layoffs include 432 teachers – representing 1.8 percent of the teaching staff – including 132 special education teachers. Also impacted were 311 classroom assistants and school-related personnel, 33 security officers and 677 special education classroom assistants. Only 48 more employees were laid off this year than last, a 3.2 percent increase, the district said in a statement.
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Expect no retraction or apology. This what they do.
Consolidate all the 30% occupied K-12 schools and lay off more of them!!
So 25% of the layoffs were for teachers helping those with special needs. Before anyone says don’t all all the students in CPS qualify as special needs, this is kinda sad and backwards imo for those who really need help.
That’s why they did it. To cause outrage. It’s the hostage puppy strategy. Give me more money or bad things will happen to poor innocent creatures.
Shattered hopes of job security fueled by unreasonable expectations. Who’s to blame?
Stamp your feet Stacey . Call it un-American. But remember your kid is in private school so he’ll be OK
CPS is so over bloated no one will notice anything different. The education system is a complete joke in Chicago. Stacey Gates is the head clown. Many teachers do not or will not send their kids to a CPS school, and for good reason.
80% rehired certainly all CTU members, savings near zero
Need to CLOSE the under enrolled schools . That would save MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. To have a school open with 100 or less students when it was supposed to 300-800 is a joke .
Many school districts give T.A.s, special education teachers and others “ pink slips “ at the end of the school year and then re- hire the ones worth keeping, i.e. most of them, in August.
That’s a start. Now for the rest of the parasites and school vouchers for all parents.
They will be rehired. Don’t you worry. Look to your own wallet if you want to pay for private schools. No vouchers will be given.
Hahahahahahahahaha.
The house of cards is coming down
now S Karp WBEZ/ST articles stating that most will be rehired. I’m betting next to no layoffs when all’s said and done (same deal at CTA). More dog & pony show for dopey taxpayer chumbolnes as usual. (https://www.wbez.org/education/2025/07/11/nearly-1-500-cps-teachers-got-pink-slip-layoffs-friday)
Once again, in the end ZERO cuts from all hires & spending with ARPA-COVID $funding$ that was supposed to be one time costs from CPS to CTA, etc… ALL OF WHICH WILL BE TRANSFERRED ONTO THE BACKS OF DOPEY TAXPAYERS…..from City hall to Springfield, that’s all you got to know and not waste your time on all the machine dog&pony show.
It begins…
Here’s CTU’s response, as you can guess they have a million ways to fight…ALL ON THE TAXPAYERS DIME (https://www.ctulocal1.org/posts/cps-layoffs-funding-2025/)