ALBUQUERQUE TEACHERS HOPE GOVERNOR MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM AND LEGISLATORS WILL BRING RELIEF DURING THE 60 DAY SESSION … BUT MANY ARE FED UP WITH ALL THE TURMOIL AND SAY THEY’LL QUIT THEIR JOBS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THAT’S WHAT THEY TELL CHANNEL 13 NEWS, WHICH WOULD LEAVE STUDENTS IN ALBUQUERQUE WITH LONG TERM SUBTITUTES.
THE COMPLAINTS RANGE FROM THEIR WORKLOADS BEING TOO BIG TO WORKING IN BUILDINGS THAT ARE CRUMBLING.
APS IS THE STATE’S BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT AND JUST SINCE AUGUST, IT’S LOST 560 TEACHERS. EIGHTY THREE OF THOSE TEACHERS RETIRED. MEANWHILE, SINCE SCHOOL STARTED, BOTH SANTA FE AND RIO RANCHO HAVE LOST ABOUT 40 TEACHERS.
ELLEN BERNSTEIN, PRESIDENT OF THE ABQ TEACHERS FEDERATION, SAYS THE SITUATION IS AT THE CRISIS LEVEL.
