Impasse near, teachers told: Sac City schools chief to present demands tonight
The Sacramento City Unified School District will unveil its proposal tonight for concessions it is asking the teachers union to make to save teacher jobs, programs and smaller class sizes.
Superintendent Jonathan Raymond said informal talks with the Sacramento City Teachers Association had broken down, and the district was taking the necessary legal steps before declaring an impasse. Should that happen, a state mediator would be assigned to help resolve it.
"We've been trying through informal talks to get an agreement and we weren't able to," Raymond said Wednesday. "We are going to try all remedies under the law. I'm confident our teachers will do what's right."
Teachers association President Linda Tuttle did not return calls Wednesday. She said last month that the union doesn't have to open its contract
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