A sluggish economy and endless press reports about the havoc Republican budgets would wreak on local school systems generated plenty of concern about layoffs in school systems across North Carolina. So what do preliminary school personnel figures show for Wake County Public Schools System (WCPSS), the state’s largest? In the last year, WCPSS did layoff a significant number of local and federal employees 464 and 458 respectively. However, WCPSS also added 1,114 new state-funded school employees, including 430 teachers. The bottom line: WCPSS actually added 192 new education jobs. Interestingly, the data also show federal and locally-funded school employees had the the greatest number of job losses – not those funded by state dollars.
The numbers reviewed here are from preliminary unvalidated data submitted by Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to the Department of Public Instruction(DPI). DPI is expected to release final personnel numbers shortly.
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Bob simple economics means locals are being squeezed so that GOP can say they aren’t making cuts.. eventually people are going to notice that more and more is being put on their shoulders locally because of Raleigh’s short-sighted self-gratification and of course their pursuit of other ways to line ART POPE’s pockets gosh they work so hard undermining NC’s citizens it really is a wonder they have time to destoy public schools- of course there is gold in them there hills and by golly tillis and his crew of bozos are pound away at NCs excellent ed. system and deliver vouchers to every religous wing-nut and online education vendor they can get a donation from…. ahhh gotta love that free mkt.