Phys Ed Teachers Protest Possible Layoffs
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Physical education teachers are pointing to the rising number of overweight children to protest a proposal to lay off 10 from their ranks and reduce the time students spend exercising.
The Bakersfield City School District board was trying to reduce a budget shortfall when it approved a proposal to lay off 50 permanent teachers and 50 teachers working on one-year contracts.
The decision to target physical education teachers came one day after a federal study was released last week showing that obesity was approaching tobacco as the nation’s No. 1 preventable killer.
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