Kurt Ullman wrote in
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The INDIVIDUAL contracts are from year to year. The general contract
about salaries, etc, that is negotiated with the union may or may not
last 3 years depending on awhole bunch of things. That is why over the
last few years the school systems always announce layoffs really early
and then hire them back depending on who quits or retires.

When you get tenure (which has both plusses and minuses) it would be
difficult to let go of a contract.

Firing and hiring back was what the Paterson NJ district did wholesale at
the end of the 2009-10 year. My son-in-law came away pretty good, but by
far not every teacher did.

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Best regards
Han
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