Layoffs for Michigan School Districts

Archdiocese of Detroit Cuts 77 Positions Detroit Public Schools Vacates 2600 Jobs at 41 Schools Detroit Gives 20% of Employees 48 Hours Notice to Re-Apply for Jobs or Be Replaced Detroit Public Schools gives Control to Private Sector Detroit Public Schools Reveals a $148 Million Strategy Detroit Public Schools Considers Bankruptcy after axing 2451 employees Detroit Public Schools Pushes Out 1,776 more Detroit Pubic Schools to Lay Off 900+ 33 Detroit Principals are Non-Renewed Detroit Public Schools has $306 Million Deficit Detroit Public Schools Lays off 600 and Closed 23 Schools

Macomb and Lapeer (Macomb Daily)

Lapeer to merge high schools

Grosse Pointe approves Unlucky 13

Utica Schools Chip Away at Budget Deficit

Grosse Pointe Votes to Lay Off 33 Teachers

St. Clair Shores Lakeview Lays Off 39 Teachers

Warren Fitzgerald Looks to Lay Off 22 Teachers

Chippewa Valley Pink Slips 338

Utica Pink Slips 207, anticipates eliminating 80 Teaching positions

Utica Eliminates 120 Positions

L'Anse Cruese to Cut 6

Utica Shutting Down 4 Schools

Share a Superintendent to Save Money

Chippewa Valley seeks Wide Range of Cuts

Chippewa Valley Eyes Closings

Center Line may close an Elementary School

Utica Closing 4 Elementary Schools

Utica Looking at 43

Grosse Pointe Schools Lays Off 74 Teachers Grosse Pointe Public Schools lays off 74 Grosse Pointe Recalls 17 Utica Schools dismiss 84 Future Negotiations to play a Role in Romeo's Balanced Budget Romeo Schools Staff, Parents Worry over Possible Cuts Clintondale Schools axe 15 Probationary Teachers

St. Clair

Marysville laying off 25 teachers and administrators

Port Huron MESSA Premiums Up 20%

Port Huron Mid-Year Cuts

Port Huron Schools say Good Bye to 75 Employees

Oakland (Hometown Life: Observer/Eccentric)

Ferndale may lay off 30

Waterford Cuts 24 teachers as $8 million to be cut

63 Pontiac Teachers Laid Off

Pontiac School District Employees may lose health benefits

Ferndale to Lay Off Employees

Layoff Notices sent to Waterford Teachers

Ortonville Brandon Lays Off 28

10 Potential Budget Cuts in Rochester

10% Pay Cut in Madison Heights

Pontiac Lays Off 40 More

Pontiac Lays Off 95 including 43 Teachers

Birmingham Teachers Approve 2 Year Contract

Lake Orion finalized Budget

Bloomfield Hills to Consolidate Two High Schools

Clawson Lays Off 15 Teachers

Berkley Looking at 45

75 Teachers, Counselors Laid Off in Novi

Royal Oak to Lay Off 27 Teachers

West Bloomfield Teachers Have 10% Involuntary Pay Cut

1000 Retirees in Oakland County

Schools Brace for Retirements

Hazel Park O.K.s Deals

Pontiac to lay off 25

Troy readies for Cuts to Staff and Library

Novi looks to Cut $6.7 Million and laying off 75 teachers

Farmington anticipates hundreds of layoffs

Holly taking $1 Million from Piggy Bank

Clarkston Cuts 53 Teachers

Farmington Cuts

Oak Park Recommending School Closings

Troy's New Budget Includes Laying Off 60 and New Fees

Ortonville Brandon Looks to Cut $3.5 Million

Oakland ISD Cuts

Districts Consider Massive Cuts

School Funding Crisis in Oakland County Novi makes Cuts Oakland County to lose 25,000 jobs in 2009 after losing 20,000 in 2008 Pontiac Schools Lay Off Everyone: 760 May Be Affected Waterford Schools make $4.2 Million in Cuts Holly Schools to Offer 15 Teacher Buy Outs West Bloomfield Schools Tallys 84 Layoffs Southfield Public Schools Employees agree to a 2% Pay Cut Southfield Public Schools may lay off 150 Southfield Public Schools lays off 104 teachers Clawson Schools Slash 16 Teachers Avondale Schools Trim 30

Wayne (Downriver News Herald)

Plymouth-Canton to Layoff 22

Southgate Approves 44 Layoffs

Southgate to Close 3 Schools

Dearborn Heights Considers Closing Madison

Wayne-Westland Big Loser in State Funding

Dearborn lays off 44 in an attempt to save $3.3 Million

Inkster Approves Layoffs and Wage Reductions

Dearborn Heights Looking at Closing Elementary

Farmington Teachers Settle Saving District $9 Million over 2 years

Northville Teachers Pay 900% More for Health Insurance

Dearborn Teachers to Own Health Plan

Southgate Sends Layoff Notices to 56

Trenton Lays Off 59 Teachers

Northville Lays Off 59

Northville Proposes 50 Teacher Layoffs

Plymouth-Canton looking at cutting 80 teachers

Lincoln Park Approves 80 Teacher Layoffs

Wyandotte to lay off 28

River Rouge Teachers take a 15% pay cut

Livonia Pink Slips 121 Teachers

33 in Garden City Opt for Retirement

36 Pink Slipped in Trenton

Grosse Pointe reaches tentative contract settlement

Up to 60 may retire early in Northville

Wyandotte tackles Cuts

Belleville Cuts

Garden City Eyeing Cuts

Wayne County looking to furlough 700, 200 permanently

Dearborn Retirements ease Layoffs

Highland Park laying off 48 at semester

Dearborn Cuts 200, more to come

Livonia eyes $6 million cuts for Mid-Year

Wayne-Westland to Close 6 Schools Mid-Year

Wayne-Westland to close 7 schools

Schools Look at Mid-Year Layoffs

Livonia Schools Pink Slip 107 Northville Schools Cut Staff Van Buren Schools Lay Off 81 Employees Wyandotte Schools Exit 9 Dearborn Schools Cut 80 Crestwood Schools Cut 32 Taylor Schools Send 34 Packing Wayne County Sends 500 to Unemployment

Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Area (AnnArbor.com and Heritage News)

154 Re-Called at Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor decides that 79% of its Budget Cuts Result in Staff Reductions

Milan Weighs Privatization and Staff Layoffs

Milan to Vote on Staff Cuts on June 11

233 Get Pink Slips in Ann Arbor

350 in Ypsilanti and Willow Run receive Layoff Notices

Ann Arbor Layoffs for 2013 (80 Employees and $8.67 million in cuts)

Milan to Cut 15-25 Positions

Mid-Year Layoffs still possible in Ypsilanti

New Ann Arbor Budget Cuts of $3.84 Million eliminate 4 Counselor Positions

Willow Run Sends 26 Away

Retirements in Washtenaw County so far

93 Layoffs, 3 School Closings Considered in Ypsilanti

Ann Arbor Proposes $15 Million Budget Cuts

Saline's New Budget Removes 18 Teachers

Ann Arbor Proposes Eliminating 70 Teaching Positions, Bus Service

What does the "Average" Teacher in Ann Arbor Really Make? ($72,058)

Ann Arbor's Superintendent Signs a 5 Year, $1.225 Million Base Contract

Willow Run to close 2 Elementary Schools

Manchester Lays off 7 Teachers

Ann Arbor Removes 200 Ineligible Dependents from Health Plan

Ann Arbor Gets 11 New Principals for 2011-2012

More Metro Detroit School Districts Given Layoff Notices

Saline Teachers Agree to $1.5 Million in Concession, 68 are Laid Off

Saline Recalls 28 of 68 Laid Off

Willow Run Teachers Agree to Pay Cuts

Saline calls back all, but 3

Saline calls back 28

Ann Arbor adopts budget cutting 90 teachers

Ann Arbor Laying Off 191 Teachers

Ypsilanti Pink Slips 18

63 Saline Teachers see Pink

Ann Arbor to Eliminate 81 Positions including 50 Teachers

Ypsilanti closes 2 Schools

Tecumseh Budget Cuts 19

Tecumseh Offers Buy Out

Tecumseh Looking at 10 to Cut

26 to Retire in Tecumseh

Chelsea approves layoffs for 19

Chelsea lays off 10 teachers, closes school

Ann Arbor may save $2.4 Million annually by privatizing bus drivers, custodians

Saline cuts 6 at Semester

Willow Run Mid-Year Cuts Approved--10 Teacher Layoffs

Washtenaw County Teachers Won't Re-Negotiate Contracts in Middle of the Year

Ypsilanti Schools to Eliminate 40 Teaching Positions over next 4 Years

Ypsilanti must make $6.4 Million in Cuts over next Two Years

Saline asks Unions to Re-Negotiate Contracts

County Millage Fails, What's Next?

Ypsilanti Lincoln Schools Concessions Avoid Layoffs Ypsilanti Schools Approve Deficit Budget Ypsilanti Schools lay off 3 teachers Ypsilanti School Employees agree to a 3% Pay Cut Ypsilanti Willow Run Schools lays off 18 teachers/closes Elementary School Tecumseh Schools remove 16 Saline Area Schools to lay off 8 teachers

Livingston County Area (Livingston Daily)

Howell Layoffs on the Horizon

Howell to Lay Off 21

Brighton to Lay Off 3 Administrators

Brighton goes for an $88.4 Million Bond Issue

Hazing Scandal in Howell brings season to an end, 3 coaches fired

Howell Teachers reach tentative deal

Fowlerville laying off 11

Brighton changes mind, only 44 teachers to be Laid Off

Brighton Looking at Laying Off 186 for 2010-2011

Hartland Schools are $7.5 Million in Red Brighton Schools has $6.5 Million Deficit Brighton Area Schools lay off 54 teachers and Offer Buy-Out Howell Schools Cut $2.7 Million Howell Schools Dismiss 10 Guidance Counselors Amongst Cuts Howell Schools prepare to lay off 30 employees Pinckney Schools Incentives Avoid Layoffs Pinckney Schools to Lay Off 14 Pinckney Schools Eye 21 Layoffs

Grand Rapids/Holland Area (Holland Sentinel)

Grand Rapids sends 90 layoff notices

Grand Rapids Talks Incentives after 80 Teachers Leave

Grand Rapids Lays Off 216

Exodus in Grand Rapids Means More Cuts

Holland West Ottawa Lays Off 50+

Unprecedented Teacher Concessions Help Districts Save Programs, Cut Layoffs

Wyoming agrees to $3 million in concessions

Wyoming has 85 Jobs on the Line

West Ottawa Approves Cuts

Forest Hills to Call Back Some of the 125 Laid Off

Grand Rapids Issues Warning: $22.3 Million Short Means Layoffs, School Closings

Kent ISD Freezes 300 non-union employee salaries

Rockford (50 Teachers), Grand Rapids Northview (49 Teachers) Issue Layoff Notices

Kentwood Approves 60 Teacher Layoffs

Sparta Lays Off 38, but Recalls 29

Comstock Park Pink Slips 54

Whitehall Teachers get a 3 year contract

Grandville Retirement Incentive Entices 31 Teachers

Wayland gives 6 teachers pink slips

Grand Haven Sends More Layoff Notices

Grand Haven Plans to Lay Off 7

Kentwood Laying Off 34

Painful Cuts Loom: 12 Districts Prepare to cut $28 Million

Buyouts offered to 24 at Lowell

Saranac cutting 12

Black River cutting 25

East Grand Rapids laying off 5, but 45 teaching positions affected by cuts

With all the cuts and layoffs, Holland Pushes for $73 Million in Bonds

Hudsonville to Use Cuts, Savings to Fix Deficits

Allendale forgoes 5 administrators

Spring Lake furloughs 14

Grand Rapids has Good News--Only 45 Exited at Semester

Hastings exits 11

Coopersville may layoff 12

Byron Center to Make Mid-Year Cuts: 12 Teachers, Team Teaching, Block Scheduling

Allendale Looking at 11 Mid-Year Cuts

East Grand Rapids to announce layoffs in December

Comstock Park Cutting Staff at Mid-Year

Wyoming Cuts 57 Jobs

Kelloggsville may offer Buy Outs

Mid-Year Cuts Threatened

West Michigan Approves Deep Cuts Grand Rapids Negotiations Continue Grand Rapids Schools Lay Off 141 Teachers Grand Rapids Schools Lay Off 95 Grand Rapids Area Schools Look to Clean Up Budget Woes Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills Schools Approves Buy Outs Jenison Teachers Protest Privatization of Custodial Services Rockford Schools Lay Off 7 Rockford Calls Trimester Scheduling a Success Byron Center Schools Lay Off 55 Byron Center Schools to Cut 32 Byron Center Schools Approve Budget with $1.8 Million Cuts Educational Budget Woes Felt in Byron Center/Wyoming areas Kent City Schools Plays Retire, Then Re-Hire Kentwood Schools Lay Off 153 Comstock Park Schools Lay Off 45 Wyoming Godfrey-Lee Schools Impose Mandatory Furloughs Update: Holland Schools Lay Off 40 Holland Schools to lay off 20 teachers Grand Haven Early Teacher Retirement Incentive Helps Balance Budget

Muskegon Area

Ludington Laying Off Three

Entire Staff at Muskegon Heights Gets Laid Off from Emergency Manager

25% of Muskegon Heights Teachers forced to quit

Muskegon Heights Lays Off 158, Entire Staff

School Closing Part of $5 Million Budget Cut in Muskegon

Muskegon Schools Eliminate 6 Jobs

North Muskegon Pink Slips 17

Muskegon Mona Shores $3.5 Million victim of Ponzi Scheme

Ludington approves 24 Teacher Layoffs

Muskegon Schools Lay Off 9 Teachers Muskegon Schools Reach an Agreement with Teachers Wayland Union Schools Lay Off 22 Whitehall Cuts Budget and Uses Fund Equity Allegan ESA Pink Slips 20

Kalamazoo and Western Michigan

Battle Creek Lays Off 20

Albion Lays Off 14 High School Teachers and Paras

Albion May Close High School

Niles Brandywine targets Tech Support for Layoffs

Portage Lays Off 5 Teachers

Niles doesn't anticipate Deficit

Niles Brandywine Lays Off 3

Battle Creek Lays Off 26

Battle Creek Cuts 6: 4 Teachers and 2 Librarians

Portage Reinstates Last of Pink Slipped Teachers

Otsego move from MESSA to save $4,200 per Employee

Portage Teachers Won't Agree to Unfair and Inequitable Concessions

Kalamazoo Teachers Approve Contract with 2% Pay Cut

Niles to Lay Off 22 Teachers

Quincy Pink Slips 24 of 70 Total Teachers

Comstock Lays Off 26

Bloomingdale Lays Off 8

Mattawan School Board Approves 207 Teacher Layoffs

Kalamazoo County Layoffs and Rumors

Report Chronicles Cuts in Western Michigan Schools

Benton Harbor looking to lay off 40 and close schools

Benton Harbor may close 4 schools

Superintendent Non-Renewed in Decatur

Niles Brandywine recommends 17 Layoffs

Branch ISD Laying Off 14

Portage and Saugatuck Mid-Year Cuts

Battle Creek Schools May Lay Off 40 at Mid-Year

Battle Creek Lakeview sends 15 Out

Portage Schools prepare for Mid-Year Cuts

Portage Schools Cut 23 Custodians and Balances Budget Benton Harbor Schools Exit 6 Coldwater Lays Off 25

Northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula

Morley-Stanwood to Cut

Boyne considers Layoffs and Privatization

Chassell Offers Retirement Incentive

Boyne City Layoffs Expected

Manistique Approves 13 Teacher Layoffs

Traverse City Workers Respond to "Slap in the Face"

Gladstone sending off 17

Petoskey offers Retirement Incentive

24 Retirements in Traverse City to reduce Layoffs

Pellston has Mid-Year Cuts

Escanaba Schools Lays Off 10 Teachers Escanaba Schools Lay Off 10 Teachers and a Nurse Marquette Teachers Offer Plan Suttons Bay Schools to Displace 30 Employees including a Guidance Counselor 3 Laid Off in Petoskey Schools, More on the Way Traverse City Schools Lay Off 18 Alcona Lays Off 3

Flint/Saginaw/Bay City Areas

Saginaw to decide about closing high school soon

Flint to outsource 185 positions

Flint Deficit grows by $10 Million, and now at $20 Million

Midland Braces for Cuts

More Layoffs at Flint

Flint Approves 91 Layoffs

Genesee Area Skills Center to Lay Off 54

Goodrich Lays Off 19

Flint Laying Off 139 (plus another 75 non-teaching staff)

Goodrich Eyes Layoffs and Privatization

Saginaw Buena Vista Can't Make Payroll

Grand Blanc to Lay Off 42 Elementary Teachers

Saginaw Diocese looking at closing 50 Churches

Flint to Lay Off 237

Saginaw Pink Slips 85

Goodrich Lays Off 17 Teachers

28 Administrators in Flint get pink slipped

Grand Blanc Schools Pass Budget with no Layoffs

Pinconning Budget Based on Concessions

Flint Weights Cutting 463

Saginaw Lays Off 127 including 65 Teachers and 6 Administrators

Carrollton Lays Off 65 Teachers, 6 Administrators and 50 Support Staff

Fenton Approves 15 Staff Layoffs

Burton Bendle Lays Off 6 Teachers, 3 Social Workers

Montrose Lays Off 32

Goodrich Lays Off 25

Flint Underestimated, 42 More to Go

Flint Laying Off 261

Chesaning Union Lays Off 25

Chesaning Laying Off 16 Teachers

Grand Blanc sends 25 packing

Flint County asks: Furloughs or Layoffs?

Midland Looking to Lay Off 18

Bay City Mid-Year Cuts

Saginaw County Teachers Doing Their Homework on New Retirement Offer

Bay City Agrees to Concessions: Higher Deductibles, Pay Freezes, etc.

Bay County Schools Weigh Effects of Class Sizes, Programs after 150 Retirees

Official List of Bay County Educational Retirees

Bay City Anticipates 80+ Retirements, but will it Save Money?

Economic Conditions Affect Schools Across the Country Bay City Schools to Cut $1 Million Bay City to Balance Budget with Layoffs Midland Cuts Approved Saginaw Schools Buy Out Plan may avoid Layoffs Saginaw Township Teachers Worry about Cuts Saginaw Township Cuts Two Elementary Guidance Counselors Flint Parents Turning to Charter Schools with School Closings Flint Public Schools Lays off 257 Staff Flint Public Schools to lay off 200; close 12 schools Flushing Schools to cut $1.4 to 2 million from budget 52 Laid Off at Flint Kearsley Fenton Lays Off 14

Mid-Michigan Area (Lansing State Journal)

Lansing Approves 95 Layoffs and Privitization of Busing

Lansing to cut 4 administrators

Lansing Teachers Brace for Art, Music and PE Layoffs

Potterville Contract Negotiations

Which School Will Lansing Axe: Sexton or Eastern?

Norovirus sickens over 200, closes Mount Pleasant Schools

Lansing Schools Save Nearly $5 Million in Benefits

Owosso may drop Alternative Program

Lansing Teachers Ratify Contract to Save Jobs

Lansing Considering Closing 3 Schools

Lansing Mid-Year Cuts

Fowlerville Lays Off 12

10 Laker Teachers Choose Buy Out

Waverly, East Lansing Cope with Bigger Budget Cuts

East Lansing Looks at Closing Schools

Owosso cutting 41

Ingham ISD approves $1.4 million in Cuts

Tough Cuts Ahead

East Lansing and Grand Ledge Mid-Year Cuts

Lansing Waverly Issues Mid-Year Layoff Notices

East Lansing cutting 12 Teachers at the Semester

St. Johns cuts 4 positions

Lansing School District lays off 170 41 Accept Buy Out from Mount Pleasant Schools

Jackson/Lenawee County Areas

Columbia Sends 14 Teachers Out on Layoff

Reading Lays Off 2

51 Jackson Teacher Layoff Names Announced includes 2 Counselors

Morenci Lays off 8 Teachers

Adrian Teachers Reject Contract

Leslie Teachers Drop MESSA

Michigan Center Approves Budget

Lots of Layoffs in Jackson County

Hanover-Horton Approves $1 Million in Cuts

Grass Lake to Lay Off 4 Teachers

Jackson Contract Agreement Could Reduce Layoffs

Jackson gives 57 Teachers Lay Off Notices (Specific List of Teachers)

Jackson Public Schools Budget Would Eliminate 76 Positions

East Jackson Lays Off 14

Adrian Eyeing 12

Lenawee ISD Cutting and Furloughing

Concord Lays Off 6 Teachers including a Counselor

Retirement Incentive Entices 330 Jackson Area Employees including 160 Teachers

Official List of Jackson Area Educational Retirees

Jackson ISD calls back 13

Jackson Reaches Agreements with Unions

Jackson Public Schools Approves 44 Teacher Retirements

Jackson County School Districts Could Lose 200 to Retirement

Hudson to Lay Off 8 More

Grass Lake cuts 13

Lenawee County begins Academy with Jackson CC

Jackson Area Schools Feel Budget Crunch Effect

Concord eliminates 4 positions

Jackson Health Insurance Increases 24%

Grass Lake Announces Additional Reductions

Jackson ISD looks for Layoffs and Privitization for Financial Woes

Adrian Looks at Budget with Retirements

Counselor Cut at Adrian Schools

Hudson Exits 3 at Mid-Year

Unemployment in Jackson County at 13.4%--Highest in 25 Years Jackson Area School Districts Forced to Reduce Staff to Balance Budgets Jackson Western Approved Retirement Incentive for 6 Teachers Jackson Western District lays off 10 teachers-first in 25 years Jackson Northwest Furloughs 11 Employees Negotiations stalled at Jackson Northwest Schools Jackson Public School's $66 million budget has a variety of cuts Jackson Public Schools Approved Budget and Teacher Contract Napoleon Schools Lay Off 2 Administrators Napoleon Schools Vote to Cut 7 Teachers Hudson Cuts 7 Fewer Cuts Expected for Jackson Area Schools

Monroe County & Southern Michigan

Bedford to Lay Off 17

Bedford to Close Elementary

Temperance Bedford to Lay Off One Third of All Teaching Staff: 103 Teachers

Monroe Issues Layoff Notices to All 343 Teachers

Monroe Sending Pink Slips

Blissfield anticipates laying off 6 teachers

Monroe gives Notices to 200

Toledo to Close 2 Schools and Lay Off 116 3 Guidance Counselors Laid Off at Monroe Schools Erie-Mason Schools Cuts Counselor Bedford Schools Pink Slip 46 Employees

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