Clark County School District seeks to lay off 1,015 employees

Ruben Murillo is not a school administer he is a union president that is only worried about his funding that relies on teachers membership. The CCUSD does not have the money, teachers already eat up 90% of the school budget in pay and benefits, where does Murillo suggest getting the money when there is only 10% left for school maintenance, utilities, supplies, insurance, and other necessities. Get rid of Ruben Murillo and the teachers probably can do a better job on their own.

As one of those employees, I can't help but to say how disgraceful it is to lay off these teachers. Students need as much time as they can get and when you put even more of them together in a learning environment it becomes even harder to get the support they need. As far as literacy specialist goes, it seems there is a new job title floating around for many of them which they are being placed in. It makes me go hmmmm. The super knew of these short falls and shouldn't of hired these teachers in the beginning of the school year knowing this. It seems to be a political move on his part using the newly hired and students as his pawns for judgement and shelfishness. Teachers pay for their continued education to help their students learn and achieve in the highest possible way, yet do not receive compensation. They will pay 20 years of student loans and put in at least 20 extra hours a week if it means they can help their students achieve, the pay raises teachers receive really cover the cost of living. Meanwhile, teachers are the negative side versus administration, school police, and support staff unions. Two of those three entities are hourly, and they work their hours and leave. While one of those entities gets a sizable increase in pay for the leadership role. Teachers have their dedication, yet should not be used or taken advantage of. You ask any teacher going through financial difficulty or foreclosure why they are still teaching, and your answer will be because the kids need me.

Are we really talking about people actually losing their jobs? Are we talking, being reassigned to other positions? The teachers deserve to earn a decent living for their profession and what some of them have to deal with in some of the schools. I think that it is a sad state of affair to see something like this still going on in the district. What's even worse is there doesn't seem to be an end to this in sight.

This is very sad to see people losing their job.