Fundraisers and stimulus funds allowed RBUSD to save 16 teacher jobs this academic year.
Here's the bad news: Classroom sizes are up and supplies more limited in Redondo schools this year. The really good news: No teacher jobs were lost.
The outlook was much darker in May, when the Redondo Beach Unified School District sent layoff notices to 16 elementary school teachers to make up for a $3.6 million budget deficit. Educators, community members, parents, and students protested, held fundraisers, and pleaded passionately to members of the school board to save the jobs.
Their efforts paid off. Every teacher pinkslipped is still working in Redondo schools.
