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Fort Bend ISD laid off 93 more teachers this week because of budget shortfalls, most of them special education teachers, but is spending money seeking new teachers?

The Fort Bend Independent School District is hiring.

As more and more teachers are getting layoff notification letters from the district’s human resources department, the district is still scouting for dozens of teachers from other countries to teach elementary pupils.

Wanted: international teachers

The district is recruiting international teachers to start teaching here for three years starting June 15. The annual compensation is $47,300.

The district hired Foster Quan, LLP, a Houston immigration law firm, to help applicants to acquire H-1B nonimmigrant visa, which would allow them to work in America legally without getting the Green Card, or to acquire Permanent Alien Labor Certification.

“Okay, I’m not saying that foreign teachers can’t add to a child’s educational experience,” Juanita starts.  “but when you set up some goofy artificial rating system for teachers that looks like Chinese algebra except less understandable and then use that to lay them off, something ain’t right. If you can’t pay the ones you’ve got, how are you going to pay for new ones?”

“I think they’re outsourcing public education,”   Thelma jumps in.  “Heck, Hon, it worked for WalMart.”

“I guess what bothers me is that we’re paying lawyers to help us get overseas teachers while we’re laying off local teachers who are going to hire lawyers  so the district will have to hire more lawyers to fight the teacher’s lawyers and …. Honey, it’s lawyerpolooza with little children’s education money,” Juanita says with disgust.

“LawyerMart, for sure,” Thelma nods.

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