As a middle school teacher and driving school owner, Kurt Larson is fearful GM layoffs will eventually trickle onto his turf.

"I would imagine enrollment is gonna drop and with the dropping of enrollment you're gonna have positions lost and you need to have kids fill the schools and funding of the schools comes with enrollment," he says.

Janesville taxpayers just approved a $70 million referendum to improve both of the district's high schools. Many hope this will attract more businesses to the area to make up the void left by GM.

"It's something on our minds constantly."

Stan Milam's radio show attracts callers employed by the automaker. He says many are mourning the layoffs, but are now looking for the next step. Some UAW leaders and community members will head to Detroit, to lobby to keep the Janesville plant in business.

"The job ahead of us is to try to convince GM to remain in Janesville to have a presence to move on and if that doesn't happen and bolster the economy strengthen things that make this a great community and work towards diversifying the economy," Milam says.

There's also talk of expanding UW-Rock County and Blackhawk Technical College into four year schools. That way more jobs and tax dollars could become available.

Milam says many of his callers are looking to be transferred to a different plant or find other educational opportunities. Some are also hoping to be offered a buyout package since there's a good amount of workers getting close to retirement.