"Teachers and other San Diego school employees could take pay cuts next year of up to 8 percent to help offset a projected $93 million deficit, under a proposal presented to labor groups this week.
The San Diego Unified School District — the state’s second-largest — avoided cuts to its permanent teaching force last year through an early-retirement incentive and other budget trims.
“We realize how difficult it is for our teachers, who are the lowest-paid in the county, and our bus drivers and cafeteria workers, who are really on the edge of poverty, to take a pay cut during these uncertain times,” said school board President Richard Barrera. “If we can achieve savings through salary cuts, we can avoid layoffs and we can fully fund our priorities and do what is best for children.”
Any dock in pay could be reversed, and possibly reimbursed, when the district’s revenues increase, Barrera said."
The San Diego Unified School District — the state’s second-largest — avoided cuts to its permanent teaching force last year through an early-retirement incentive and other budget trims.
Any dock in pay could be reversed, and possibly reimbursed, when the district’s revenues increase, Barrera said."