Roughest of all for him was the layoff process. A number of the younger teachers were regarded as the district's brightest; yet, under state law, they were first to go.
"Last in, first out, where if you are the last person hired, you're the first one fired. It's not based on any evaluation on how good a teacher is," Jones said. "It's not based on whether a teacher can get their students to achieve. It's based entirely on when they were hired. That's real problem for me."
"These are some great young teachers and paraprofessionals that we let go tonight. It's a loss to the kids of the district," Highsmith lamented.
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The teachers all have less than three years of service in the district and have yet to achieve tenure.
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