Dozens of Sonoma County teachers get layoff notices

Caitlin Renteria was teaching second-graders a St. Patrick’s Day-themed math lesson Friday morning at Albert F. Biella Elementary School when she was called to the school office for a short visit with a district official. For the second time in two years, she was told she may no longer have a job when the next school year begins.

“I knew I had to keep it together when I went back to class to finish the math lesson,” said Renteria, who’s in her second year teaching in the Santa Rosa public school district, the county’s largest.

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