Teachers Strike Hits Day Two
Negotiations continue but teachers and students stay home
By JULIE BRAYTON
Updated 7:28 AM PDT, Sat, Apr 24, 2010
Teachers say there is an English lesson in a "one-word" adjective separating the Capistrano Unified School District and it's 2200 teachers.
What's the word? Teachers say it's "temporary!"
The school board says it must permanently slash teachers salaries by 10%, but the teachers want the cut to only be temporary.
There is a math lesson in this too. The district says $34 million must be cut 2010-11 school year caused by a drop in state funding. The pay cuts will save $19.9 million.
But some teachers wonder if something else is behind the move.
"This is something other than not having enough money. There's