San Luis Coastal to lose 39 teachers

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  San Luis Coastal teachers offered early retirement

  San Luis Coastal Unified School District could part ways with up to 40 of its longest tenured teachers in an effort to reduce payroll expenses.

  The school district is offering an early retirement incentive as part of the recent deal reached with the teachers union. The details of the incentive are based on the number of teachers who choose to retire: 30 or fewer teachers will trigger a $30,000 bonus per instructor; up to 39 teachers will receive $40,000 each; for 40 teachers or more, each retiree will get a $50,000 boost.

  The payouts will come from the district’s reserves, with the goal of ultimately saving money in later years by hiring new teachers at lower salaries. Teachers must be 55 years old and have worked for 10 years for the district at the time they leave. They can either retire or resign. Personnel Director Ryan Pinkerton said the retirement incentive could translate into a “huge cost savings” for the district.

• San Luis Coastal employees getting pay increases

  San Luis Coastal employees getting pay increases

  Teachers in the San Luis Coastal Unified School District will receive a 6.6 percent raise over the next three years, and nonteaching employees, such as secretaries, bus drivers and custodial staff, will get 7 percent over the next two years.

  The school board has ratified agreements with all of its employee groups and top managers.

  The raises come as the district has increased class sizes, eliminated a longstanding program for adults with disabilities and offered the first early retirement incentive in nearly a decade to help lower costs.

• Adult education on the edge

  Adult education on the edge

  “Entire infrastructures for adult education have been eliminated in California,” said Greg Halfman, director of adult education for San Luis Coastal. “What we are looking at is the demise of adult education.”

• Paso Robles hands out most teacher layoff notices

  Paso Robles hands out most teacher layoff notices

  After several years of tough budget cuts, fewer school districts in San Luis Obispo County handed out layoff notices to teachers this week. Forty-nine teachers are receiving the notices, with the vast majority — about 32 — going to teachers in Paso Robles.

• Proposed cuts at SL Coastal trigger backlash

  Proposed cuts at SL Coastal trigger backlash

  San Luis Coastal trustees are grappling with a proposal to slash more than $5 million from the district’s budget next year that would cut deeply into programs many parents consider essential.