Capistrano Unified teacher strike is over
By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register
A five-day standoff between the Capistrano Unified School District and its teachers union ended late Monday, with the two sides coming to a tentative agreement that ends teacher picketing. Teachers will all return to their classrooms Tuesday morning. Teachers, parents and students yell slogans at the San Clemente Community Center after a march from North Beach as part of the teachers strike against the Capistrano Unified School District. “We are really, really happy for our teachers and our schools, to have our family back together again,” school board President Anna Bryson said of the agreement that was reached about 11:30 p.m. “It’s a really wonderful feeling to know our kids will have their teachers.” (more...)