Orange County teachers announce strike over district pay cuts
Fed up with what they called "stall tactics," the teachers union at the Capistrano Unified School District has gone on strike.
Flickr photo by Adan GarciaIt is the first teacher strike in the state this year and the first in Orange County in a decade, according to theOrange County Register. All 56 district schools will remain open but with drastic changes, as some classes will be canceled.
Sports, drama and most after-school activities will also be canceled, according to the school district's website. School buses won't run, except to transport special education students as required by federal law. All high schools will have a shortened day. Elementary and middle school will be on regular schedule, however.
Just hours earlier, it appeared the months-long impasse between the district and the union had de-escalated.