Schools
30 Dana Point Teachers Pink-Slipped
Educators at Dana Hills High School, which serves Laguna Niguel students, and two Dana Point elementary schools received layoff notices March 1.
Two dozen teachers at , four from R.H. Dana Elementary and two from Palisades Elementary School may not return next fall.
The chart below names the Dana Point schools and teachers who received layoff notices dated March 1.
The teachers fall into three categories: Permanent, meaning they have tenure; rehired/temp, which means they were previously either permanent or in a probationary period and laid off, then later rehired as a temporary employee; and temporary, meaning they work on one-year contracts.
Find out what's happening in Laguna Niguel-Dana Pointwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
To read why the district finds itself in this bind, and how this year's laid-off teachers may not be rehired as in years past, .
Dana Hills High School Name Year Hired Status
Grade/Subjects
Find out what's happening in Laguna Niguel-Dana Pointwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Michael Brooks
2009 Temporary Social Science/ Girls Lacrosse Head CoachBrittany Casey
2007 Rehired/temp (SOCSA Dance/Advanced Drama/Musical Theater)
Craig Dunn
Blair Dyer
2006 Rehired/Temp Social ScienceSteven Forbes
2011 Temporary Special Ed.Justin Green
2007 Rehired/temp Math, Head Coach Varsity Girls' Tennis and Boys' TennisLindsey Hanscome
2010 Temporary P.E., Coach of Dance TeamNatalie Hribar
Abir Hussein
2010 Temporary FrenchGeorgette Johnson
2008 Temporary English, Head Coach, Girls' SwimmingDavid Luciani Jr.
2008 Rehired/temp Art (Ceramics), Wrestling CoachCandace Ploskina
2008 Temporary EnglishMichael Rigby
Danielle Wallace
2009 Temporary Social Science Michael Wigglesworth 2008 Temporary Social Science Sarah Willett 2010 Temporary Social Science Andrew Valderrama 2006 Rehired/temp English (Coach Boys’ Soccer)Steven Wade
2002 rehired/temp Music (Band & Colorguard Director)Michael Young
2007 Rehired/tempPalisades Elementary School
Chelsea Kurtz
Nicole Summers
2010 Temporary Early Childhood Special Education R.H. Dana Elementary School Susan Paradise 2001 Rehired/temp Kindergarten Bonny Pitkin 2001 Rehired/temp Third Grade Andrea Semas 2003 Rehired/tempJennifer Stevens
2001 Rehired/temp First Grade