Weeks after the Redlands school board voted 3-2 to lay off up to 135 classified and certificated employees, the Redlands Teachers’ Association is pushing back on the district’s reasoning for the layoffs.
Union challenges district’s explanation
District leaders have said the deficit stems from declining enrollment, rising special education costs and raises approved during the 2022-23 school year. Those raises — which amounted to about a 13% increase — were approved during a year when the state allocated what administrators described as one-time funding…