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SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of teachers, parents, and students at San Diego Unified held a rally Tuesday to protest the district's plan to lay off hundreds of teachers and staff.
Teachers who got pink slips held pink pieces of paper with the number of students they work with. Some marched from their school site to district headquarters, asking the district to cut elsewhere. Corey Wallace is one of the teachers who received a pink slip. Wallace is a third-grade teacher at E B Scripps Elementary in Scripps Ranch.
He's the father of a five-month-old baby. He and his wife had just signed a lease on a new place when he got his pink slip. The district says the cuts are necessary as a result of the end to COVID-19 funds, declining enrollment, and decreased state revenue projections. It's trying to close a 94-million-dollar budget gap.“As a district, we are committed to balancing our budget without significant impacts to students and school sites. Over the last year, our team has worked to thoughtfully and strategically build a budget that considers the needs of our children first and foremost.
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