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Teachers union's website slams Penn Hills School Board - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Teachers union's website slams Penn Hills School Board - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Teachers union's website slams Penn Hills School Board

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By Tony LaRussa
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Monday, September 13, 2010

The Penn Hills teachers union began the school year with a public service segment on its website, offering video of school board workshops and meetings. But pennhillsteachers.org still contains postings highly critical of school board members and administrators with whom the union disagrees.

Penn Hills Education Association started the website last year, after school officials used the district's website and news interviews to reveal the union's demand for a five-year contract with 15 percent yearly raises and better health insurance coverage. The union approved a contract wit