Economy affecting teachers?

The world we live in today is turning out be a very scary place to be living in. When have we ever heard the word economy this many times in our life time?Not many until most recently everyone is talking about it. Jobs are being lost left and right. Did we ever think that teachers would escape from this mess? I hope not recently in Portland, Maine Mark Eastman who is superintendent of Oxford Hills School District, recently learned he needed to cut $500,000 from his budget. That means that no one in that school system is safe. Several special education teachers, literacy teachers, and custodians would be be out of a job. The citizens in Portland would not allow that to happen.The principal at the Rowe elementary school raised $70,000 to help save those jobs. Many of the fellow teachers even had money taken right out of their paychecks to help save those jobs. In light of all that's going on people will help others especially in this tight economy.

No one wants to see their neighbors or co-workers lose their jobs and if communities like Portland start loosing teachers what is going to happen those students who had those teachers?It would mean over crowding in other classrooms where teachers may or may not be able to handle more than 25 kids. Towns and city's are sticking together in order to save a lot of jobs. This situation in Portland is a great example just how even teachers and those unions are not safe anymore.

This particular article caught my attention because I know with the world we are living in there are a lot of people getting laid off but i have not heard of teachers getting laid off. This struck me as a wonderful community coming together as best as they could to help not just the teachers but the students who have those teachers as well. After reading this article and just makes you question even if you have a union job or are part of a union your jobs not safe and that is scary.
http://www.nbc6.net/money/18689814/detail.html
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