Santa Ana USD Votes to Lay Off Hundreds of Teachers and Staff

276 teachers and employees from the Santa Ana school district were fired on Monday; school officials mention $187 million deficit

Santa Ana School District Lays Off 262 Employees

Classrooms in the Santa Ana Unified School District are expected to get a little more crowded next semester as 262 employees are getting laid off while officials grapple with declining enrollment and a $154 million budget deficit.  [Read: Santa Ana School District to Lay Off Nearly 300 Teachers and Staff]  Officials say they’ve tried shuffling some employees over to other positions to reduce layoffs. Santa Ana Unified School Board member Valerie…

Santa Ana Unified school board approves layoffs for 262 teachers, counselors and other staff

Final layoff notices are expected to go out by Thursday, May 22.

Santa Ana USD votes to lay off hundreds of teachers and staff

The Santa Ana Unified School board moved forward with a vote finalizing layoffs for approximately 276 positions, including teachers, counselors, and coaches at campuses throughout the district.

Santa Ana Unified votes to lay off nearly 300 employees

Nearly 300 staff and teachers from the Santa Ana Unified School District will be without a job next school year.

Nearly 300 employees and teachers in the Santa Ana Unified School District will be out of work in the next school year. “It’s very disappointing when we have $70 million without restrictions, and what was around my head was that San Francisco had 400 layoffs. They were all terminated,” said Sonta Garner-Marcelo, president of the Santa Ana Association of Educators. Educators report that 276 people were fired Monday night. The associate superinten…