Excessed teachers rated as effective or highly effective will have the option of resigning and receiving a $25,000 buyout, while those with more than 20 years of service would be eligible to retire.

Not in New York City, where 1,000 “excessed” teachers will go without jobs in the 2008-09 school year while receiving full pay and benefits at a cost of $74 million to the school district.

Some teachers were recently let go, or "excessed," because of budget cuts stemming from lower enrollment. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images New York City teachers whose positions were axed thanks to ...

Excessed. Numbly, I stumble out of the meeting and make my way back to my classroom. I sit in the new green chair I had just purchased to match the decor for my universal transitional kindergarten ...

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Some expect to see cuts to enrichment programs. “The worst I’ve heard is 11 teachers [at one school] being excessed, and that’s a lot of lives displaced,” Cannizzaro said.

Remember those excessed teachers in New York City who were twiddling their thumbs, waiting for principals to hire them, at an estimated cost of $74 million to taxpayers?

Another excessed IC explained, “The city cut our positions only after the schools had already opened, so even though the need is there for the jobs for which we are worthy, the positions are not ...

By WAMU - 88.5 • Published May 12, 2011 • Updated on May 12, 2011 at 4:35 pm The D.C. Public School employees that received the notices that their jobs were being "excessed," as it is called ...

But unlike the dreaded layoff, excessed teachers keep their jobs, but are shuffled to a different school that needs an educator with their particular credentials. ... Bradford said that’s likely to be ...

I think that taxpayers should listen to the children and do what they must to restore the staff members who are being excessed. The taxpayers are getting a fine return on their investment.