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ESCONDIDO: Teachers stage dramatic protest over proposed cuts
- 05-27-2010
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By Gary Warth/North County Times
Teachers frustrated about a proposal to cut their pay and reduce school days made a dramatic show of solidarity at the Escondido Union School District meeting Wednesday, with several employees throwing shirts on the floor before trustees. Romero Maratea, president of the Escondido Elementary Educators Association, told trustees that teachers already have had to accept greater deductions and larger co-payments in health insurance, and they see the latest proposal as a breaking point. "It seems to reason that the next item you want is the shirt off our backs, so I'm going to go ahead and give you the shirt off my back," Maratea said before pealing off his shirt. (more...)
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