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Teachers, support staff and parents urge council to fund 10.5% raise and call for apology over district email
Summary
A string of public commenters at the Feb. 9 joint session urged the city to fully fund a 10.5% raise for support staff and criticized a district-wide email that many said unfairly blamed the union for a communication breakdown; speakers described financial hardship and asked for an apology.
Dozens of teachers, support staff, parents and union leaders used the Feb. 9 joint work session to press Charlottesville City Council to fully fund a tentative collective-bargaining agreement that would raise support professionals' pay by 10.5% and to demand accountability for the district's recent communication to staff.
The public-comment period opened with teacher Bryce Estes, who said the district's Friday email that followed bargaining discussions "left out critical context" and framed the Charlottesville Education Association (CEA) as responsible for a…
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