Which Local Teachers May Be Laid Off
- Jackie Connor
- Jul 8, 2018
- 2 min read
The city could lose 59 teachers citywide after June 30. Here's a list of who's on the block.

Fifty-nine San Clemente school teachers are on the block at this year because of district budget cuts.
alone stands to lose 20 teachers, including seven math teachers.
"If you're a teacher who's trying to settle down, you can't apply for a loan to get a house when you don't have a job," said Shorecliffs seventh-grade science teacher Wendy Berube. "We knew teaching wasn't lucrative, but we went into it because we thought it would be a reliable job. It's so sad it's such a low priority."
The city may lose 13 teachers, the second largest loss for San Clemente schools. Out of the six teachers being laid-off at , half are first-grade teachers.
Although the November ballot determines whether the Capistrano Unified School District need only cut $33.5 million -- versus a worst-case scenario of $51 million -- the district must approve budgets by June 30 and will not go through.
To read why the district finds itself in this bind, and how this year's laid-off teachers may not be rehired as in years past.
The following is a list of teachers who received layoff notices:
Bernice Ayer Middle School Name: Year Hired: Status: Grade/Subject: Notes:
Bjorn Avila
2010 Temporary Teacher Physical Science
Marie Finman
2010 Temporary Teacher Spanish Two Way
Stacy Gerken
2008 Rehired/Temp English
Stacy Hill
2010 Temporary Special Ed.
mild/mod
Erin Jenkins
2011 Temporary Special Ed.
mild/mod
Ryan Persinger
2006 Rehired/Temp Social Science
Brooke Powell
2006 Rehired/Temp English
Christopher Reiland
2010 Temporary Math
Christine Wehunt-Gibson
2007 Temporary English Two Way Truman Benedict Roni Schwartz 2006 Rehired/Temp. Special Ed. mild/mod. Las Palmas Elementary
Eduardo Cornejo
2011 Temporary Second Grade Two Way Julio Flores 2011 Temporary Fourth Grade Two Way
Yesenia Hogancamp
2011 Temporary First Grade Two Way
Juliana Junco
2007 Temporary Kindergarten Two Way
Catherine Morrison
2007 Temporary First Grade Two Way
Rosa Romo Higley
2011 Temporary First Grade Two Way Marblehead Elementary
Ellen Eltiste
2001 Rehired/Temp Kindergarten San Clemente High School
Golnaz Afrouzeh
2011 Temporary Special Ed. mild/mod
Nathan Auerbach
2008 Temporary Math
Barbara Bauer
2011 Temporary Special Ed. mild/mod
Shelley Beckley
2009 Temporary Math
Joshua Cain
2011 Temporary Math
David Czarnecki
2011 Temporary English
Jocelyn Dietsche
2008 Temporary Music
Erin Dollar
2006 Rehired/Temp English
Axel Estrada
2008 Temporary Math
Reid Kaneshiro
2009 Temporary Math
Pierre Lecavalier
2011 Temporary French
Melissa Lizarraga
2011 Temporary Social Science
Alana Mack
2005 Permanent Art
Lauren Marcos
2010 Temporary English
Ryan McCarthy
2009 Temporary Math
Nancy Nguyen
2010 Temporary English
Patrick O'Rourke
2011 Temporary Math
Antonio Soto
2008 Temporary Music
Phuong Vo
2011 Temporary Physical Science
Elizabeth Willey
2006 Rehired/Temp English Shorecliffs Middle School
Lora Abedi
2003 Rehired/Temp Sixth Grade
Quinn Beyer
2003 Rehired/Temp Sixth Grade
Erin Brophy
2003 Rehired/Temp Sixth Grade
Jessica Brucks
2006 Temporary Social Science and English
Monica Clem
2006 Rehired/Temp English
Jennifer Grace
2009 Temporary Special Ed. mild/mod
Rebecca Grondahl
2007 Rehired/Temp English
James Hammons
2002 Rehired/Temp Math
Kay Laird
2005 Rehired/Temp Business
Lyndsey Mickelson
2009 Temporary Math
Lindsay Peck
2008 Temporary Math
Cory Quinn
2009 Temporary Special Ed mild/mod
John Reed
2010 Temporary Music Vista Del Mar Elementary
Amy Abbott
2002 Rehired/Temp Kindergarten
Anne Marie Faris
2002 Rehired/Temp Second Grade
Kimberly Goode
2001 Rehired/Temp Fifth Grade
Kera Yamamoto
2011 Temporary Special Ed mild/mod Vista Del Mar Middle School
Elizabeth Leslie
2010 Temporary Special Ed mild/mod
Noelle Nielsen
2008 Temporary Music
Stefanie Pintauro
2010 Temporary Spanish
Layla Vollmer
2011 Temporary Special Ed mild/mod
Brooke Stirling
Read the full article at: https://patch.com/california/sanclemente/capo-district-budget-cuts-truncate-san-clemente-teachers
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