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San Rafael teachers union urges protections for classroom jobs as budget cuts loom
Summary
Morgan Agnew, president of the San Rafael Federation of Teachers, told the board the union accepts the need to reduce district expenses but said certificated staff are not the driver of the deficit and any reductions to teachers’ share must be negotiated, not imposed; union called for administrative cuts and department reductions instead.
Morgan Agnew, president of the San Rafael Federation of Teachers, addressed the board by Zoom before the board’s budget discussion, urging trustees to avoid unilateral cuts to certificated staff and to seek savings outside the classroom. “Our bargaining unit will make our contributions to solve the deficit, but we are emphatically not part of the problem,” Agnew said.
Agnew acknowledged…
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