Promised raises haunt pink slip debate

06-10-2011

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

When budget cuts menaced San Diego Unified last spring, the school board struck a tit-for-tat deal to get out of the hole. Employees agreed to take furloughs that shortened the school year by five days and cut their pay for two years. After that, San Diego Unified would gradually increase their pay roughly 7 percent. The tradeoff for workers from custodians to principals was clear: Take a cut now but get more money later. It hinged on the hope that school funding would start to recover before the raises went into effect. Now, less than a year and a half later, school board members who struck the deal are seeking to amend it, saying they fear the district's financial situation could be worse than they'd hoped. (more...)

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