Torrance school board, teachers agree to furlough days, shorter year
By Douglas Morino/Torrance Daily Breeze
Teachers in the Torrance Unified School District have agreed to take unpaid days off to help balance a district budget that has been hit hard by state cuts during the last four years. A bargaining agreement between the Torrance Unified School District and the Torrance Teachers Association will shorten the 2010-11 school year by five days for students and amount to a 2.5 percent pay cut for teachers. The agreement, approved Monday by the school board, calls for another five furlough days for teachers in the 2011-12 school year. (more...)