Teacher layoffs across California prompt criticism from union, but solutions could prove complicated

As another school year comes to a close, some 3,000 California teachers and counselors have found themselves out of work due to layoffs, but officials say the complicated factors involved include declining enrollment and shrinking budgets.

In an interview with ABC7, California Teachers Association president David Goldberg said, “Member leaders are taking this up and really taking this to districts and saying, ‘This is unconscionable and we will not back down around this.'”

Union leaders accuse school districts of mismanagement, ballooning administrator salaries, and not pulling from reserves…

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