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Capistrano Unified School District teachers may vote to strike
- 04-13-2010
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By Adolfo Guzman-Lopez/KPCC
The teachers union at the Capistrano Unified School District has called for a Thursday afternoon, closed-door meeting at which members will debate whether to go on strike. On a 6-1 vote, the board approved cutting teacher salaries by 10 percent to close a large funding deficit. Months of talks over proposed cuts, including a proposal from a mediator, had produced no agreement between teachers and administrators. Teachers' union president Vicki Soderberg said it’s likely teachers will vote whether to give union leaders authority to go on strike. "Teachers normally are there in the classroom for the kids so this is a really hard decision for teachers to make," she said. "This is something that they do not take lightly." (more...)
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