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Martinez Unified teachers urge board to protect classrooms, press for revenue options
Summary
Teachers and Martinez Education Association leaders told the board during public comment that proposed pay cuts and reduced workdays would harm students, urged the district to seek new revenue (portrayed the Lafayette $290 parcel tax as an example) and demanded compensation for extra special‑education work.
Public commenters at the Martinez Unified School District board meeting on Monday night urged trustees to keep reductions away from classrooms and to pursue revenue options rather than cuts.
“Unless there’s conversations taking place behind closed doors, the appearance is that we’re spending all of our time on how to cut rather than spending any time whatsoever on how to raise more revenue,” said Catherine Hearn, who identified herself as representing the Martinez Education Association and as the parent of…
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