Unite Here Local I, the union representing the lunch workers, said the 200 cuts come in addition to the 163 lunchroom workers laid off last month as
part of school budget cuts.
This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a
time of school budget cuts in addition to the loss of vital local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on libraries and Sure Start amongst others.
When the prospects for education seem bleak and when new
waves of school budget cuts and finger pointing at teachers and their union reps seem to fill the airways, it feels odd — even uncomfortable — to be focused on what's succeeding in education.
«This was something I had hoped to avoid at all costs,» Claypool told
reporters of school budget cuts he said could affect teachers, support staff, school clerks and other workers.