Santa Ana Unified announces teacher layoffs

[@Enigma96969]

447k for the superintendent…. That’s more than the president makes

[@MichaelWaisJr]

The president of the United States lives off loans he can’t afford, can’t pay his own cable/phone/electric bills as a grown man, and he pays women tons of money to have sex with him because otherwise he’d never get laid. Oh and he likes to brag about thoughts of boinking his biological daughter Ivanka on national TV.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Golden handcuffs. You only need so much to live, beyond that.. they use it to keep you and keep you quiet. Hush money.

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

Money is more important than ethics buddy

[@rockpadstudios]

for LA it's not crazy money but overall, it's a waste of money

[@fernandovazquez7272]

@@rockpadstudiosyes tf is crazy money bro lol That’s like if you’re working in the financial sector

[@wampastompastomp]

No job in a school district is worth 400k. What a grifter.

[@underdogtv2855]

The Recession is in full swing

[@elderreyes3782]

Are superintendents now CEOs? something very wrong here!

[@alwaysyouramanda]

*thousands of glocks click*

[@BlackNigerKFC]

Luigi? When you get out, we have our next target. Superintendent........

[@Wahinies]

We know a guy, might take a while though

[@MrDarthvis]

Do superintendents deny teacher’s benefits and coverage?

[@worstusername22]

Usally overpaid entitled selfish elitist aholes

[@christophergarcia4117]

The job cuts is one thing but, rubbing a 3% raise and bonus in their face is wild

[@marieelena1241]

Wtf so screw the teachers and give superintendent a bonus wtf is this world coming to

[@xianshi8896]

maybe that is where his bonus are coming from😅

[@toomignon]

They always cut student and taxpayer facing programs first. Admins get no cuts, just more bloat. Cut high level Bureaucrats not teachers.

[@gc1172]

Sounds like a group of democrats run it.

[@rc6150]

Of note, Santa Ana sales tax is 9.25% - one of, if not, the highest in Orange County.

[@fernandovazquez7272]

That is high, I don’t live in Santa but I notice your prices are high asf But that superintendent is definitely getting paid way to much

[@DrCat-fd8oi]

Sales tax does not pay schools. It comes from property tax!

[@rc6150]

@ well, might as well they should! SA takes 2% more as district tax for its revenues. Education is important, especially for SA residents who are predominantly hispanic immigrants. Those bureaucrats need to redirect all its tax revenues to save the public education system!

[@otterpoopie]

SA is a joke when it comes to its finances. So much money being poured in through tax revenue and yet the city looks like sh*t. Corruption is rampant through the system, just look at article after article of officials taking bribes and kickbacks every year. They spent millions on a streetcar that started in 2016 and won’t be slated to be operational until maybe end of next year 2025. You have a non-emergency issue that requires police? Ha! Good luck! They won’t get there for at least 1-2 hours, if you’re lucky. 😂

[@em77775]

I thought it was 9.75%. I avoid SA like the plague.

[@occupytosavetheworld]

superintendent is overpaid by 320k. Cut his pay by 35% and redistribute the funds to instructors you can now afford to keep.

[@ryanm4013]

That 320k pays for 2 positions, with benefits and pension taken into account. 😂😂😂

[@electrodynamicorb6548]

If you’re going to throw numbers around at least do the math correctly.

[@rogerh2694]

Less teachers and now more unsupervised, uneducated kids out there esp within the city of Santa Ana where it's needed most? C'mon now!

[@Donutkush]

That’s contradictory if you lose students, why would you get a raise?

[@nicolejobs893]

You are so right! I never thought about this! Thank you for your enlightened thought!

[@diggingmystyle]

470k for a government worker? 😂😂😂😂

[@MrDarthvis]

Replacement government worker with “insurance ceo”

[@diggingmystyle]

@@MrDarthvis Need to free Luigi to serve more public interest

[@TradingGzwithG]

Embezzlement 💀

[@gofar12345]

Time for people in that district to stand up and vote those people out! Sorry for the students that are under serve in that area.

[@xaivang9106]

Bonus for doing what exactly?

[@electrodynamicorb6548]

Getting rid of bad teachers

[@inmortal131]

@@electrodynamicorb6548exactly

[@Mehrbod9]

They need toto learn how to manage their budget. Not getting rid of teachers.

[@arlevale]

Teacher coaches are necessary , counselors are necessary . But here let’s give this guy Jerry a raise . Get out of here . I knew i made the right decision by not working in that school district .

[@DJT-j9g]

They should cut the Superintendent and fire the board, that'll fund them for years! Can't wait for Elon to cut the Doge out of all administrators, who don't do much. $447,000 is a tech salary folks, 10X what a teacher makes, let that sink in. Is a superintendent worth 10 times a teacher? And when all this funding is expiring, why the heck is he getting a raise? He should've asked for a 50% pay cut to help out.

[@ryanm4013]

The Board makes like $200 a month. What is that going to fund?? 😂😂

[@leonlovelife2109]

@DJT-j9g exactly, teacher make contributions to the student and society while admin have their own office and vote themselves for salary of $447,000 is outrage while teacher are getting cut. It does not mean sense at all. It's 4x or 5x the teacher salary, so why not decease their salary and save teachers position?

[@TheFishSandwichShow]

Lot of these kids enrolling at Tustin: has been that way for 40 years

[@socalgolf9978]

Irvine

[@ryanm4013]

@@socalgolf9978Irvine is the only District in OC that is consistently opening new schools. Think why that is

[@nicolejobs893]

Ohhhh thanks for everyone’s insights on this thread ❤ i’m in garden grove

[@TangentialShark]

If enrollment in the county is declining and is expected to continue to decline, shouldn't that mean the superintendents compensation should also be decreased? The superintendent's job is literally to manage the school district's overall operations and performance, and declining enrollment is a big failure that should reflect on his salary.

[@saythankyou111]

The Disney ceo made 32 million last year….regular folks are screwd 🥺

[@gc1172]

He is not taxpayer paid as you have a choice of buying his product.

[@markislivingdeliberately]

Who cares? Not OUR money. This is our tax dollars. Don’t wanna pay Disney? Your choice. Don’t wanna pay for schools? No choice.

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

Wow you are the reason the government is so messed up

[@danielcarlson800]

Disney made $88B in revenue last year.

[@ryanm4013]

You aren’t screwed because a for profit company paid their CEO. Stop crying

[@rickmora7170]

The city of Santa Ana has been in need of an audit.

[@ryanm4013]

What does the city have to do with the school district?? They are in NO WAY intertwined. Also, the city is audited on an annual basis at a minimum

[@wolfdawggg5556]

The problem with the district is that they only care about their profit.

[@brucef310]

It's not a non profit business.

[@je5406]

​@@brucef310 the administrators are lining their pockets.

[@BuckieBoy-l2r]

😂 wow . Another uneducated voter

[@danielcarlson800]

👍 🎯

[@ryanm4013]

Districts don’t operate on a profit basis. And there is literally no point for a “profit” in a governmental agency

[@Sedona_FD3S]

People that made this mess need to go to jail or else it’ll just happen again.

[@ryanm4013]

The mess was made by unions and Biden’s stimulus packages. Still want jail??

[@fremontpathfinder8463]

So typical. Running the district like a corporation. Why would the superintendent get a raise? Why don't they wait for retirements?? Why don't they cut the superintendent's salary?? These teachers need to get a lawyer.

[@Mr6767Will]

This is no surprise, student enrollment is in a decline. As far as pay for the superintendent, they have been robbing the tax payers for years. Then they have nerve to ask for more money that never goes to the students.

[@YesYou-zy7kp]

Will they still get their "free" breakfast and lunches?

[@thefox47545]

Another man named Luigi is born.

[@MichaelWaisJr]

SAVE PRINCESS PEACH!! 😂

[@kimmieluong5855]

Teachers, counselors, nurses, psychologists are necessary in schools. Drop the superintendent

[@tattedchick31]

Notice they don't mention why there is a decline in enrollment.

[@FA-pk5wx]

you didnt even watch it huh, they literally mentioned it in the first like 40 seconds

[@tattedchick31]

​@FA-pk5wx they did not say why there was a decline in student enrollment, just stated there was a decline. Apparently you didn't watch it.

[@pettylittleliarbussy]

People are too broke to afford having kids. Most barely afford groceries

[@jessicahinojosa3848]

Because people are having less kids. CA has ppl moving out because the cost of living. Or people are moving farther into IE because cost of living. CA population is slowly going down. It's a state wide issue really.

[@tattedchick31]

@@jessicahinojosa3848 and homeschooling has exponentially gone up as well.

[@dextermcgrubbin]

If you think government is bad at education, why would you want them running your healthcare?

[@undefeatedaj]

Someone’s gonna rob the superintendent 😂

[@jkpindahbc]

Insane that the they would reduce teaching staff but not the admin staff that has grown at twice the rate of the folks who actually teach the kids. The Principals and Superindents pay should be directly tied to the number of students in the district as well.

[@ricsosa7107]

The State Federal should investigate

[@rsls101]

The Audacity of the superintendent

[@user-zo1pk7bi2o]

Well, I think this is going to end up well for society.

[@omni1omni244]

Overtaxed Americans. Overpaid officials. 😮

[@robsteal3887]

He's running the system into the ground and being rewarded. Way to go.

[@conner_b_griften]

The gov't is out of control.

[@F1ukez]

Enrollment continues to decline but the guy is making more money. How does that work?

[@marthamartin23]

So very wrong for such a proposal to give that individual a raise and let go of these educators.. 🤦‍♀️

[@markislivingdeliberately]

Fire the teachers and hire more administrators 😂😂

[@andreabrayboy6824]

I worked with Almendarez at Colton Joint. He was always very kind and approachable. I hope they continue to work toward the best outcome for all.

[@jb.8992]

What a shame!

[@ronaldroberts4058]

There are far too many educational bureaucracies in our nation. Get rid of micro school districts. One school district bureaucracy per county should suffice. All that money wasted on grifting administrators.

[@spaceman2641]

Teachers need a Luigi to fix the system in a videogame.

[@jittersgeyser620]

Who approved the salary increase to that huge amount? They should be fired

[@jeffreyjackson5229]

As I always say, when they begin laying off people like teachers and law enforcement, you know that it's a major issue.

[@jittersgeyser620]

Isnt the district students performing terribly? How can such high pay be justified for failure?

[@supertec2023]

Sorry we can't afford teachers multiple billionaires the tax breaks to buy things they don't ever need or will ever use

[@TradingGzwithG]

Greed is a sin, God will rise 🙏🏾

[@rosearellano2555]

Standing strong !

[@shrugrug7172]

Sounds like one of the Mario Brothers needs to pay a visit.

[@salvadorfletes1503]

Luigi’s got another assignment lol

[@zeno27xzeno]

Did the school district expel 2000 students and you gave the superintendent raise and a bonus for what

[@richardsequeirateixeira]

The superintendent is speaking in favor of his own raise! He does this while the school support staff are barely surviving to make ends meet. Clearly the school district DOES NOT care about the students and the community that they are suppose to be serving. What a disgrace.

[@HBombFitness]

Cost of living and corruption in unions. I hope some parents can home school their kids. Public education is corrupt and don’t care about educating kids.

[@curiouspeople6441]

Wrong they love educating on why our daughters should be more accepting for mentally ill men to share the same locker room 🤡 , math ? Reading ? No , homeschooling does sounds lot better

[@jaymoney9643]

Which you are a product of. Your inability to construct a coherent sentence is all the proof I need.

[@BCV2023]

You betta thank a union memba!

[@itruck96]

👉🏾👀👉🏾🤣

[@CondonErebus]

What is the possible explanation!? Why did we lose students!? Why not raise the pay of the teachers than and other administrators.

[@bmanagement4657]

Superintendent ensures delegitimization of the system. Its a guard post.

[@JT-nu1oi]

It sad always teachers were needed

[@andybarboza9134]

Overpaid baby sitters who suck at their job, rather let me kid learn through KZbin than waste of time class

[@Dhi-fe5eu]

Let the teacher go. Hire better teachers without the union.

[@danaegoddess]

Sounds about America

[@AntoineWilliams7118]

So there’s gonna be a lot more taco trucks in Santa Ana now? Awesome

[@SanHolo124]

As someone who is training to become a math teacher, I was really hoping to work in Santa Ana. Anaheim school districts laid off people last year too. I can’t help but feel nervous.

[@Gasman1986]

Santa Ana residents voted for this. Why are kids not going to school? Hispanic is the majority and they do have a lot of kids. What’s happening here?

[@sapien2291]

That's what happens when everyone property taxes go to one district instead of there own district 😮

[@debbiej10101]

Parents are concerned about the indoctrination of their children and are finding other means of education for them. Look at the books in the library that are inappropriate for little kids and some teachers are encouraging the same subjects/opinions. This superintendent was placed/chosen by the school board. I'd like to see the numbers he is referring to.

[@marryellenmonahan5585]

@@debbiej10101 bs

[@jaymoney9643]

TikTok is indoctrinating your kids. You’re a bad parent because you can’t keep your children off their phones 😂

[@TheJrod91]

You should be very very mad santa ana. The superintendent is denying your child the right to a proper education so they can pay him more!

[@brucel.554]

They need to cut the superintendent salary to below 100,000 and use that deduction to retain more teachers.

[@sthcalguy3024]

There's schools in Santa Ana? 🤔

[@jeffteyrosado9966]

Not going to happen put the ppl first 🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@dons3073]

No more free money

[@LuisGallo-r2b]

When I was working on my masters .. I wanted to write my thesis on how districts have become institutions of greed and profits and not institutions of knowledge.. it was not approved by my mentor who later became a superintendent.. this is sad.. as a current teacher money is always the topic and not student learning.

[@zcorpalpha2462]

I dropped out 😂

[@RIGTHEGIANT]

The state per-pupil grant is: $11,068 for transitional kindergarten/kindergarten (TK/K)-3 $10,177 for grades 4-6 $10,478 for grades 7-8 $12,460 for grades 9-12 A salary of $447K is beyond ridiculous, but then again, look at the public schools around southern California and how bad they are. it makes sense; all the money generated is grifted by these so-called "educators" who produce nothing of value; they are leeches. If the money actually went towards benefiting the students this would be a much better educated country not fall 24th in the world.

[@mostlycloudy3069]

these layoffs had this coming when they vote. eat it and be happy about it!

[@fatandchilling9726]

Lay off super intendants not educators

[@brennanworthy6043]

Your Superintendent Jerry made $433,333.00 last year. Maybe they should fire him?

[@paddyohenry6428]

Superintendent is a do nothing, scam job.

[@sandrasay7984]

Says there’s no funding while typing on a $1,600 Mac

[@Anonymous_LA]

Well, we all saw what happened to that one CEO.

[@stvargas69]

Lay teachers off and who is gonna teach the kids? Those in power are legally robbing the people before the music stops

[@2-old-Forthischet]

Maybe they're anticipating the daily headcount to get lower in January. Just a thought as the daily head count dictates how much money school districts take in from state and federal funding.

[@FM-fo4xj]

Oh no! Newcomers need education. If the person is getting $440K where are the results? What's the graduation rate.

[@HM-vj5ll]

More corruption.

[@xijinbling2373]

Amazon workers on strike.

[@okhondaguy3288]

Santa Ana superintendent makes more than the vice president of the united states.

[@1984_Life]

Mismanagement of funds? Oh no. What are you going to do? YOU voted for this Einstein.

[@crazydaisy1334]

👏👏👏👏👏excellent! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@christophermunoz205]

Stop sending kids to school go on strike

[@chrisljieun]

Let go superintendent!!!! Keep the teachers!!!!

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Oh sure, while these kids can’t even read.

[@rl332]

Santa Ana is the worst district. Pull your kids out asap

[@NotsurebutIlikeit]

Sanctuary!

[@tompilling4154]

My shock face 😱

[@xianshi8896]

sounds like our school just no different from those big coop. what's sweet word we live in😅

[@valentinsanchez960]

WOW during the holiday months 😕

[@TheCeezSteez]

lol dayum and Santa Ana has some of the highest taxes in the state.

[@elmiguel1405]

This will only get worse in the next few years

[@ivanmedina8612]

schools are business from elementary to universities

[@tompilling4154]

Each according to their needs is what they teach so what's the problem

[@ChoriZokaka]

Good ol’ California

[@jonbozaDa-real]

All I gotta say is that they don't really care about us. Fix the education system the future of the kid's depend on it.

[@BlackNigerKFC]

I kid you not! Someone should go into that board meeting, take out their phone and pretend to call someone and say outloud, "Luigi, we got a few more for you!" I fucking kid you not, they will NOT be laughing. They WILL be scared shit out of their minds.