too close for comfort

the recession has hit a little too close for comfort. our district cut 80 jobs yesterday. 47 of them were elementary - with 7 of those coming from the kindergarten seniority list. I am number 45 from the bottom on the regular elementary list, which means I barely made it. I am thankful that I still have a job next year but deeply saddened for those who do not. our school alone lost 10 of our 24 teachers. scary times.