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<\/p>\nSan Andreas, CA…Calaveras teachers are on strike today after late night talks failed to settle a fair contract for teachers. The 138 teachers in the Calaveras Unified School District (CUSD) will be picketing at eight locations. Superintendent Mark Campbell was forced to close schools for today, despite claiming last week that the district was prepared for a strike. The two sides met for five hours yesterday and last night. Teachers thought they had a deal until School Board member Sherri Reusche reneged on a verbal commitment to support the teachers\u2019 concept for settlement.<\/p>\n
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Parents say they will join the teachers picketing at the school. Picketers will meet at Toyon Middle School and march to the district office at 10:00 am for a noon rally. <\/p>\n
Parents and teachers want CUEA to honor the independent fact-finder\u2019s recommendations regarding class size reduction, a joint safety committee and salary raises of 4% in 2016-17 and 2.5% in 2017-18. The district has rejected the fact-finder\u2019s report. The district\u2019s salary offer has moved from 0% to 2%.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are going on strike because that is the only option we have left to save our schools. We\u2019re doing this from our heart, for our kids and for the future of this district.\u201d said CUEA President Lorraine Angel. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s truly tragic is that the district can more than afford our proposals. We\u2019ve done our homework. If they couldn\u2019t afford it, we wouldn\u2019t propose it. Bottom line, if it\u2019s not good for students we\u2019re not going to do it. We wish CUSD felt the same way,\u201d Angel noted.<\/p>\n
CUEA and CUSD have been negotiating since March of 2016.<\/p>\n
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The Calaveras Unified Educators\u2019 Association is an affiliate of the 325,000-member
\nCalifornia Teachers Association and the 3 million-member National Education Association.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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