Oakland schools fact-finding report released

04-16-2010

By Jill Tucker/San Francisco Chronicle

With a one-day teacher strike looming in Oakland, a fact-finding report released Thursday gave both the district and the teachers union some ammunition in the bitter battle over a new labor contract. The report, a required step following failed contract negotiations, validated the district's claims of financial desperation, but it also gave a nod to the Oakland Education Association's claims of relatively low teacher pay and need for small class sizes. It urged both sides to get over the past - a history mired in fiscal mismanagement and bitterness. Negotiators have been trying to reach a contract agreement for two years. Union officials said the major sticking points include pay, class size increases and proposed staff reductions in the adult education programs. (more...)

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