Schools
District to Pink Slip 48 Teachers
As part of budgetary measures to be discussed at the Dearborn School Board meeting Monday night, 48 teachers could be cut from the district's roster.
Forty-eight teachers and two non-instructional staff members will be sidelined from the classroom if a measure to lay them off is approved by the Dearborn Public Schools Board of Education Monday night.
According to the agenda released by schools officials Monday morning, the district is seeking to lay off teachers at several of its facilities that teach virtually all subjects. The layoffs are under way because of “budget constraints for the 2011-2012 school year, and due to the reappointment of teachers returning from leaves of absence, in accordance with the agreement between the Dearborn Board of Education and the Dearborn Federation of Teachers.”
The layoffs, if approved, will be effective June 30–the date by which the district must submit a balanced budget to the State of Michigan.
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The board is also expected to discuss other facets of its budget at Monday night’s meeting.
In May, the district and the Dearborn Federation of Teachers, which represents 1,200 teachers, in which teachers accepted a new, fixed-cost benefits system and agreed to take pay cuts of up to 7 percent.
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Prior to the agreement, the district was facing a $22 million shortfall for the 2011-12 school year, which was reduced to about $3 million after the deal was inked.
DFT representatives were not immediately available for comment.
The meeting will take place at the district’s Administrative Services Center at 7 p.m. Monday night, located at 18700 Audette.
Here is a list of all 48 teachers set to be laid off:
Agemy, Dawn
Bryant/Stout
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Alaouieh, Saada
Salina Elementary
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Altahif, Eiman
Salina Elementary
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Astfalk, Jennifer
Howe
Departmental Occupational Therapist
Aun, Ndieh
McDonald
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Bahena, Lynn
Edsel Ford
Mathematics Teacher
Bazzi, Mohamed T.
Fordson
Economics/Government Teacher
Bazzi, Nicole
McCollough/Unis
Oral Language Teacher
Berry, Mariam
Becker
Enrichment Teacher
Bescoe, Erin
McCollough/Unis
Elementary Teacher
Brown, Martin
Bryant
Mathematics/Language Arts Teacher
Cibasek, Kelly
Haigh
Elementary Teacher
Elder, Ameena
William Ford
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Faraj, Hanaa
Maples
Elementary Teacher
Gutierrez, Elizabeth
Geer Park
Elementary Teacher
Hamka, Hala
Fordson
Government Teacher
Hammoud, Ahmed
Fordson
Industrial Arts Teacher
Hamstra, Christine
Howe
Departmental Physical Therapist
Harb, Diana
William Ford
Elementary Teacher
Hassna, Rana
Stout
Science Teacher
Hill, Angela
Maples
Elementary Teacher
Hmayed, Nancy
Dearborn
History Teacher
Ilayan, Nada
McDonald
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Isham, Angela
McDonald
Elementary Teacher
Keimig, Elizabeth
William Ford
Elementary Teacher
Klawender, Norman
Dearborn
Mathematics Teacher
Kolin, Kristina
Salina Elementary
Departmental GRSP Teacher
Kubicek, Mary
Woodworth
Language Arts Teacher
Layson, Jennifer
Stout
Physical Education Teacher
Lytle, Kendra
Fordson
Mathematics Teacher
Mehrhof, Kandi-Kay
Nowlin
Elementary Teacher
Moslimani, Alexandria
McCollough/Unis
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Mozham, Diebh
Henry Ford
Elementary Teacher
Murray, Robert
Dearborn
Social Studies Teacher
Naura, Eman
Michael Berry Career Center
Social Studies Teacher
Polgar, Juliann
Howe
Montessori Teacher
Qasem, Ramiah
Miller
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Quine, Eric
Stout
Physical Education Teacher
Rednic, Carmen
Fordson
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Riggs, Michael
Michael Berry Career Center
Social Studies Teacher
Saleh, Lila
Fordson
Language Arts Teacher
Schleif, Matthew
Edsel Ford
Social Studies Teacher
Stegner, Amanda
Snow
Elementary Teacher
Tawile, Jean-Michel
Bryant
English/Social Studies Teacher
Vertregt, Alison
McDonald
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Vigilante, Michael
Bryant
Physical Education Teacher
Williams, Jennifer
Dearborn
Art Teacher
Zandani, Kadygh
Fordson
Departmental Bilingual Teacher
Watch Dearborn Patch Monday night for updates on this story from the Board of Education meeting.
