This is the saddest thing I have heard in a very long time:

(CNN) — The Dallas, Texas, school district laid off hundreds of teachers Thursday to avoid a projected $84 million deficit.

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The district laid off 375 teachers and 40 counselors and assistant principals Thursday, and transferred 460 teachers to other schools within the district.

Read the full article at CNN.

What makes this worse is that I’d make a fair bet that the majority of those teachers are art, music, and other “non-essential” subjects. What I want to know is, how do you make an error like that and still have your job? Sickening. Because of somebody’s math error, these students are going to suffer for the rest of their lives.