On Sunday the Department of Education came out with a list of how many teachers could be laid off and at which schools. All told there could be as many as 4,567 lay offs. That’s an outrageous 6% of the active teachers in the system. These cuts will take place in every neighborhood and at every school.

The newspapers and the DOE are saying this is a worst case scenario. According to the New York Times, the Senate is set to vote on a bill that would allow allow the city to lay off teachers based on factors like performance and disciplinary records, rather than seniority. If this bill doesn’t pass, those laid off will be the last hired.