Teachers fight furlough days
NO CUTS—Oak Hills Elementary School teachers Melinda Deel, left, and Linda Mendivil participate in the Sept. 24 protest against teacher furlough days. Teacher union talks are at an impasse. WENDY PIERRO/Acorn NewspapersMore than 50 teachers came to last week’s Oak Park Unified School District Board of Education meeting dressed in black and protesting the stalled contract negotiations between administrators and the Oak Park Teachers Association, the union that represents the interests of local teachers.
Despite the influx of nearly $8 million of state money generated from out-of-district transfer students, OPUSD wants to impose six furlough days, or unpaid days off, to help ease budget concerns.
The furlough days would amount to a 3.24 percent, or $660,000 salary