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Oakland school district officials announced today that they won’t be sending layoff notices to tenured teachers this year. Last year the school district sent layoff notices to 1,160 teachers only to find itself seeking in the summer and fall to rehire them or find replacements. 

State Administrator Randolph Ward said at a news conference at district headquarters that no tenured teachers will be laid off this year. Instead, he said the district estimates it will be recruiting as many as 200 teachers for the new school year next fall. 

Sheila Quintana, president of the union that represents 3,500 teachers, joined Ward at the news conference and said “this is phenomenal news.’’ She said the lay off notices the teachers received last year were devastating.  

“We’ll never be able to assess the terrible effects that had on teacher morale,’’ Quintana said. 

—Bay City News›