ELGIN, Ill. (WBBM) — Major layoffs have been announced in the Elgin School District U-46.
Elgin school officials have announced over 1,000 layoffs tonight at a school board meeting. But not just teachers. Hundreds of other school employees as well.
Tony Sanders is the spokesman for School District U-46, which includes Elgin and Bartlett, and he says the state money just isn’t there to help the district.
“This will not be an easy meeting. It’ll be very emotional. I expect many employees and many community members to come out to share how these reductions will impact their school.”
Sanders says the school district is looking at increased class size and closing an Early Childhood center.
“There will be many things that will be on this list,” Sanders says, “that will hurt students for years to come.”
Among the Elgin teachers reportedly getting layoff notices: Carolyn Gilbert, who lost an eye when a student stabbed her two years ago.
Announced Layoffs
Category # layoffs / total in force Percent laid off
Teachers 732 / 2500 28 percent
Bus Drivers 54 / 239 23 percent
Teachers Aides 121 / 398 30 percent
Secretaries and Clerical Aides 106 / 256 41 percent
Administrators 24 / 134 18 percent
Food Service 21 / 122 17 percent
Custodians, Maintenance and Grounds 21 / ???
TOTAL 1,079 LAYOFFS 26 PERCENT
Note: District U-46 Spokesman Tony Sanders says that last year, there was a larger reduction in administrators.
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Unbelievable! They fired Carolyn Gilbert(??!!), who went back into the classroom after the district and (specifically) the Kane County prosecutor’s office failed to protect her from a nutcup student who was already under investigation and supposed to be charged in the rape, five months prior, of an 8-year-old and who had tried to abduct a 13-year-old from the middle school TWO DAYS before? Carolyn Gilbert should sue their collective asses back into the stone age. All she said when interviewed was that she thought the district at least owed her her job. Are you KIDDING? They let this kid into the school with a serrated kitchen knife and trailing a string of crimes. They are leaving her with nothing whatsoever to lose by suing them bigtime. Who makes such crass and demonstrably stupid decisions, and why on Earth should they be working as a SCHOOL administrator?!
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