Hempstead facing $3.5M state aid loss, possible teacher layoffs
Photo credit: Angela Gaul | Hempstead school officials and union representatives say they're racing the clock to avoid the threatened loss of $3.5 million in state financial aid, coupled with possible midyear layoffs of teachers. (June 20, 2012)
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Hempstead school officials and union representatives say they're racing the clock to avoid the threatened loss of $3.5 million in state financial aid, coupled with possible midyear layoffs of teachers.
The two issues are intertwined because the district and its 510-member teachers' union are negotiating both a new salary contract and an agreement on how teachers' job performance will be evaluated.
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