OC teachers return to classes with new contract
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
Teachers have returned to classrooms in Orange County's second-largest school district after a settlement ended a three-day strike.
District operations returned to normal on Tuesday after negotiators for the Capistrano Unified School District and teachers union Capistrano Education Association reached a settlement late Monday night.
Under the terms of the three-year contract, a 10 percent pay cut and furlough days will be restored as revenues increase and an increase in teachers' contributions to health care will be rolled back.
Most of the district's 2,200 teachers walked out of classrooms last Thursday after the school board broke off talks and implemented the pay cut.
Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 09:16 PDT