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Jul 15, 2008 10:22 am US/Eastern
MD School Police To Protest Proposed Layoffs
School Board Will Meet At 1 PM
MIAMI (CBS4) ―
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Miami Dade Schools Superintendent Rudy Crew has proposed laying off 11 school police officers and 6 support personel.
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A protest is planned outside the headquarters of the Miami Dade School Board as school board members decide on how many school police officers will have to be laid off.
Miami Dade School Superintendent Rudy Crew has proposed the termination of 11 school police officers and 6 other positions that function to help to provide safety and security in the district's schools. The Miami-Dade Schools Police Department has lost 24 positions within the last two School Board Meetings.
Over the weekend, school police officers protested out in front of the home of school board member Evelyn Greer after she recommended that school security services should be outsourced.
The proposal to reduce the school district's police force comes as board members struggle with failed negotiations with the county's teacher's union over contractually agreed upon raises.
Many long time teachers, like Rich and Xinia Foster who came to Miami Dade 9 years ago because of promised salaries and benefits, are now wishing they had gone elsewhere.
"We came here under that whole recruitment idea and we found out within 10 minutes of being in Dade County that it was not was promised," said Xinia Foster. "You're going to see teachers coming in, but they are going to be coming out just as soon."
The debate between the school board and United Teachers of Dade reached such a fevered pitch that during a national teacher's forum in Chicago, UTD President Karen Aronowitz warned teachers considering a job in Miami Dade to stay away from the county until the pay dispute had been resolved.
"I've know several teachers already who were in the district, who came here, and they had to leave because they couldn't afford to live here," said Rich Foster.
Members of the teacher's union and Miami Dade Schools Police force plan to protest the cuts, and rally support, in front of the School Board's headquarters during Tuesday's budget meeting which is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m.
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