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Angry teachers at the JP School Board meeting
Jefferson Parish, La. - Teachers who showed up to the Jefferson Parish School Board meeting ended their night in tears. As soon as the vote came down, there was an outburst in the courtyard.
Teachers chanted "shame on you" to the school board members.
The school board voted 5 to 3 to drop their teacher union contracts and start over with a negotiation process to come up with a new one.
The contracts expire June 30.
Board President Mark Jacobs proposed dropping the contracts because he said there are new requirements under state law that do not exist in the current contracts.
