Windsor-Essex

Catholic Board Teacher Layoffs

The Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board is giving layoff notices to 10% of its teachers.

As it stands, 121 elementary school teachers and between 60 and 70 secondary school teachers will be laid off come September.

But, Executive Superintendent of Human Resources, Jamie Bumbacco says there are a lot of unknowns at this point.  “We could get more students over the summer.  We could get more retirements from now until September.  So you have to staff conservatively,” explains Bumbacco.  “We do this every year.  I’ve been doing this for a number of years and boards across the province are doing the exact same thing.”

The layoff notices are given as the board projects a decline in enrollment of just over 1,000 students.