Laid-off Hillsborough County teacher hopes to return to district
The district cut positions due to finances
A laid-off Hillsborough County teacher pleaded to school board members to help him find another spot within the district.
and last updated 2021-05-19 23:16:30-04
TAMPA, Fla. â A laid-off Hillsborough County teacher pleaded to school board members to help him find another spot within the district.
Dylan Tibbetts said human resources notified him in April that he would lose his job at the end of the school year. I got an email from HR explaining to me that my position was no longer available for next year. Basically, they told me that I had been eliminated from the district. They were going to give my position to somebody who had been with the district longer, said Tibbetts.
Spectrum Bay News 9 spoke to a physical education teacher at one of the district s transformational schools who worries about what impact his leaving will have on his students. I built a relationship with them over the last two years and I d give anything to get at least another year out of that,” said teacher Dylan Tibbetts. “They need positive role models in their lives and I want to be there for them and I don t want to leave them high and dry.
School board chairperson Lynn Gray has called a meeting for Thursday saying she has new information she wants to share. But she has declined to say exactly what it s about.