The Gary Indiana School Board voted to cancel contract for 333 teachers since the district expects a 19% cut in state funding. The district has (according to state records) 720 teachers. If my math is correct that is a cut of 44 percent. That means that the remaining 387 teachers will have to teach the 11,000 students. The ratio of teachers to students would increase from 1 to 15.2 students to 1 teacher for every 28 students.
That’s the end of today’s math lesson.