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Teachers, staff tell Oakrove board district can afford higher pay as public comment fills meeting
Summary
More than 40 speakers — teachers, classified staff, parents and union representatives — used the board’s public-comment period May 8 to press for higher wages, push back on a recent 1% offer, and highlight steep health-care costs and special-education staffing strains.
Oakrove — Dozens of teachers, classified employees and parents urged the Oakrove School District board on May 8 to offer substantially higher pay and restore benefits that speakers said have eroded in recent years. Public commenters repeatedly cited the district’s reserve balances and urged a larger contract proposal to retain staff.
The comment period, which filled the agenda’s public-comment slot, featured recurring themes: a bargaining proposal teachers described as effectively a pay cut, rapidly rising out-of-pocket health-insurance costs, and overcrowded special-education classrooms. "The counter offer we recently made was not…
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