We are publishing a clarification tomorrow on an article I wrote Thursday. The article contained the following sentence:
In addition, LBUSD teachers who leave their jobs lose all seniority and have to start accumulating it all over again if the they decide to rejoin the district at a later date, (LBUSD spokesman Chris Eftychiou) added.
Here's the clarification: The statement referred to teachers who had VOLUNTARILY left their positions - basically resigned - in the past and then later returned to the LBUSD by choice. Those are the teachers who had to start accumulating all the seniority anew despite having worked for the LBUSD previously.
In the article I did not mean for the statement to refer to teachers who may be laid off in May. That situation is different. Laid-off teachers who are hired back to the LBUSD within a certain period of time after being let go would return to the district with the same seniority they had when they were laid off, according to California education code. So that situation is different than teachers who, say, 10 years ago left the LBUSD voluntarily for another district and then came back five years later by choice.
Kelly Puente joined the Press-Telegram in 2006 as an editorial assistant and eventually worked her way up to general assignement reporter. Over the years, she’s covered everything from crime and breaking news to human interest and the cities of Bellflower and Cerritos. Kelly is a Long Beach resident and graduate of Cal State Long Beach. She’s new to the education beat and is looking for great stories.
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