School District Layoffs

The county's school districts are facing hard times. All are cutting costs, most are looking at lower student enrollment next year, and all are laying off personnel.

Lapeer - laid off 13 teachers, closing 1 school
Imlay City - laid off 8 teachers, 1 librarian, 1 dean
Dryden - laid off 2 teachers
North Branch - laid off 11 teachers, accepted 3 resignations
Almont - anticipating cuts of $400K, partly in personnel
(All districts mentioned cutting support personnel and most are making other cuts.)

This means getting a school job in Lapeer County is not a likely prospect for anyone for 2009-10. Why does this matter to me personally? Teaching is what I have been trained to do and the possibility of me going back to that full-time is still a very real one for next year. But not here, clearly.

So, where? If that is indeed the direction we are going....