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"The Stockton Unified School District took its first step toward laying off dozens of teachers and counselors, along with 11 principals.The school board Tuesday night decided to give the preliminary layoff notices before a March 15 state deadline.\"Theses notices are just a warning,\" Stockton Unified spokeswoman Diane Barth said. \"It would not be until May 15 that we would know the budget and make actual layoffs.\"The notices went out to a number of people, including 11 principals, 27 elementary school teachers and 17 counselors.\"This is (a) great concern to lay off that many principals,\" retired principal Eugene Jackson said. \"The superintendent knows that stability is necessary for students, and now they will not even know who is in charge.\"School district officials say the budget and the number of teachers retiring could affect the number of layoffs. \u00A0"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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