Oakland teachers walk out for the day
Thursday, April 29, 2010
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(04-29) 09:00 PDT OAKLAND --
Oakland teachers began their one-day strike this morning, challenging a no-raise contract while urging parents to keep their children home.
The Oakland Unified School District's 100-plus schools were scheduled to be open during the strike. Emergency substitutes and about 70 central office workers are expected to be in the classrooms to teach students who show up.
The teachers union, the Oakland Education Association, urged parents to keep their children home for the day, and an informal survey this morning showed that the vast majority of students and teachers appeared to be staying away from school campuses.
About 15 teachers with picket signs stood in front of Sankofa Academy on 61st Street in North Oakland, eliciting honks from passing motorists on Shattuck Avenue. They arrived at 5:30 a.m. and helped block a delivery truck carrying food for lunch, said Barbara Kass, a resource teacher at the school.
Principal Monique Brinson ended up rolling pallets of food into the cafeteria and helped escort children into the school. She declined to comment on how many substitutes were at the school.
Zina Green brought her daughter, Miracle, to the school this morning. The family recently moved to Oakland from Sacramento, and Green fretted over the fact that her
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