Pink Slipping
Last Thursday, the school board voted, without comment, to approve pink slips for 389 teachers. By law, teachers slated to receive a lay-off notice for the next school year must be served with their notice by March 15th.
The ongoing inability of state lawmakers to provide sufficient revenue to local school districts, combined with over-spending by our own school board, has made the pink slipping of hundreds of our members an unfortunate, professionally-damaging annual fact of life. As in years past, SCTA is preparing an experienced legal team to represent each and every member who receives a pink slip, no matter your hire date. We serve all teachers—pink slips are disruptive to the teaching staff of every school and every school program in this district—and are committed to returning our pink-slipped members as quickly as possible to minimize such disruptions. We are ready for this battle.
Moreover, SCTA will not cease in our efforts to press the school board and Superintendent to pursue school closures and discontinue millions of dollars in discretionary contracts with outside consultants in order to preserve the jobs of teachers, counselors, librarians, nurses and psychologists—those who work directly with students each and every day.
To receive SCTA legal representation through the pink slip process you must be an active member of this local before you receive a lay-off notice. That means you must have signed up using an SCTA membership form. If you have any question about your membership status, or know that you need to sign up as an active member, please contact your site representative or SCTA office staff as soon as possible.
