Teacher, Westminster Elementary School
Third-year teacher at Westminster Elementary School in Venice, California
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Melisa Lauer
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FROM Melisa Lauer
Which Way, L.A.?
All Things Not Created Equal in Teacher Layoffs LA Unified has sent pink slips to thousands of teachers. Individual schools will receive a total of $270 million in federal stimulus money to buy back jobs as they see fit. But not every school will get the same amount of money. Title I schools, where 40% of the students are poor enough to qualify for the school lunch program, will get $1000 per teacher. Non-Title I schools will get $195.
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