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Teacher strike nets Capistrano $1.7 million
- 07-07-2010
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By Scott Martindale/Orange County Register
It crippled the Capistrano Unified School District for three days, causing lost instruction time, wild swings in student attendance and unexpected bills for substitute teachers, security guards and consulting fees. In the end, though, the teacher strike in Orange County's second-largest school district in April netted Capistrano $1.7 million in extra cash, even after all of the bills were paid, according to a Register financial analysis. The money comes from the pay that teachers were docked by walking the picket lines instead of reporting to work, and has already been applied to help close the district's $34 million budget gap for the 2010-11 school year. (more...)
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