PUSD Board Meeting Preview: 63 Teachers Could Be Laid Off

At Tuesday's night meeting the Pasadena Unified School Board will discuss whether or not to issue 63 layoff notices to certificated staff, which includes teachers, librarians, teacher aides, and principals.

The notices must be issued before March 15 for the board to lay any of the employees off before next year, but the notices would not commit the board to finalizing the layoffs yet.

Last year, for example, 160 notices were issued, but far fewer employees were actually laid off.

The employee list, which can be viewed in full at right, includes 20 elementary school teachers, seven librarians, three principals, and several special education teachers.

District officials have proposed , which includes potential cuts to administrative staff and custodians.  The cuts are grouped in order of severity and the extent to which they will be carried out will depend on the state budget that will be passed later this year.

Also on the board's agenda for tonight:

• The board will be asked to give approval to start the appointment process for three representatives to the .
• The discussion of issuing a request for proposals from professional search firms to recruit the next district superintendent, now that .

The public part of the meeting will begin at 4:30 p.m. at the .