Pasadena Unified School District board members voted late Thursday night in favor of removing over 150 teacher and staff positions from a community still recovering from the wildfire. The board voted 6-1 in favor of layoffs. “I am grateful to Tina Fredericks and the student Board members for standing with our teachers and prioritizing our classrooms and schools. I am disappointed in the District for refusing to entertain reducing their out-of-control contracted services spending instead. I am hopeful still that the PUSD board will choose to make the right spending choices before the layoffs become permanent on May 15,” said Jonathan Gardner, United Teachers of Pasadena President.
