Escondido Schools Still Struggling
Written by admin on June 11, 2010
Escondido teachers kept their shirts on at Thursday night’s school board meeting, while parents of Felicita Elementary students delivered a petition pleading to keep teachers at their school next semester.
Teachers disappointed with contract negotiations in the Escondido Union School District staged a dramatic protest two weeks ago by throwing shirts on the floor in front of trustees and claiming they only had “the shirts off our backs” left to give after accepting salary reductions and increased insurance fees.
Romero Maratea, president of the Escondido Elementary Educators Association, which represents teachers in the district, did not speak at Thursday’s meeting but said outside the board room that the last of 10 negotiation sessions with trustees had been completed Wednesday without resolution.
Teachers are working under a contract that runs until June 2011, but wages and benefits are renegotiated each year. Maratea said the union is prepared to continue negotiating into the summer and is waiting to hear back from the board.
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